Kao is leaning harder into premium everyday products and online selling, aiming to win over urban shoppers who are spending more on health and beauty. The upside hinges on faster growth outside Japan and keeping costs under control as competition and input prices stay tough.Read more

JP¥7.33k

18.1% undervalued

AnalystConsensusTarget's

Fair Value

Revenue

3.39% p.a.

Profit Margin

8.35%

Future PE

22.5x

Price in 2029

JP¥8.52k

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Snowflake Analysis

Flawless balance sheet, undervalued and pays a dividend.

0 Risks

5 Rewards

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Kao Corporation Key Details

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2026

Next Reporting Earnings

Aug 05, 2026

: 283.49
: 39.65%
: 7.49%
: 12.0%

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About 4452

Founded: 1887
Employees: 31514
CEO: Yoshihiro Hasebe
WebsiteView website: www.kao.com/jp

Kao Corporation develops and sells hygiene living care, health beauty care, life care, cosmetics, and chemical products in Japan. It offers fabric, kitchen, home, and sanitary care products; facial, body, hair, and oral care, hair styling and color, salon, in-bathroom health care, and warming products; and self-selection cosmetics, as well as provides cosmetics counselling services. It also provides oleo chemicals, such as oleochemicals, fat and oil derivatives, surfactants, and fragrances; water-reducing admixtures for concrete, casting sand binders, plastics additives, and process chemicals for various industries; and toners/toner binders, inkjet ink colorants, ink, fine polishing agents and cleaners for hard disk, and materials and process chemicals for semiconductor. The company was formerly known as Kao Soap Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Kao Corporation in 1982. Kao Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Chuo, Japan.