KAO CORP chart

Last update: 2021-02-19
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 3,119.93
Dividend & Yield148.00¥ (2.41%)
Beta 0.14
Market capitalization 2.85T
Operating cash flow 138.68B
ESG Scores 17.1

Company description

Kao Corporation develops and sells cosmetic, skin/hair care, human health care, fabric and home care, and chemical products. It operates through five segments: Hygiene and Living Care Business, Health and Beauty Care Business, Life Care Business, Cosmetics Business, and Chemical Business. The Hygiene and Living Care Business segment offers laundry detergents; fabric treatments; kitchen, paper, and house cleaning products; sanitary napkins; and baby diapers. The Health and Beauty Care Business segments provides skin and hair care products, professional hair care products, bath additives, and oral care and thermo products. The Life Care Business segments offers health drinks, as well as hygiene products for commercial use. The Cosmetics Business segment provides counseling and self-selection cosmetic products. The Chemical Business segment offers oleo chemicals; fat and oil derivatives; surfactants; fragrances; water-reducing admixtures; casting sand binders; plastics additives; process chemicals; toners and toner binders; inkjet ink colorants and ink; fine polishing agents and cleaners; and materials and process chemicals. 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 Tokyo, Japan.

Sector: Consumer Defensive - Industry: Household & Personal Products

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio1.38
Working Capital0.28
Return On Equity0.11
Debt To Equity0.13
Fixed Asset Ratio0.04
Fixed Interest Cover61.42

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities 3.95B 696M -4.23B 8.68B
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -157.9B -94.27B -61.94B -67.23B
Net Borrowings 284M 6.17B 988M -661M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -108.58B -126.17B -87.06B -141.57B
Change To Operating Activities -697M -6.72B 3.03B -3.6B
Issuance Of Stock
Net Income 153.7B 148.21B 126.14B 109.64B
Change In Cash -77.1B 23.7B 63.49B -17.11B
Effect Of Exchange Rate -6.23B -388M -2.22B 16.17B
Total Cash From Operating Activities 195.61B 244.52B 214.72B 175.52B
Depreciation 60.66B 83.37B 86.08B 87.34B
Change To Account Receivables -12.59B 12.86B 6.44B -4.44B
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -1.99B -21.79B -23.04B -21.26B
Change To Netincome -47.29B -53.48B -51.23B -41.96B
Capital Expenditures -80.3B -83.96B -59.4B -59.95B

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development 57.67B 59.14B 58.51B 58.99B
Income Before Tax 207.25B 210.65B 173.97B 150B
Net Income 153.7B 148.21B 126.14B 109.64B
Selling General Administrative 371.13B 357.04B 330.1B 341.86B
Gross Profit 654.02B 653.52B 590.69B 573.19B
Ebit 213.99B 216.07B 178.91B 152.74B
Operating Income 213.99B 216.07B 178.91B 152.74B
Interest Expense -1.93B -3.67B -3.09B -2.49B
Income Tax Expense 51.92B 60.3B 45.9B 38.59B
Total Revenue 1.51T 1.5T 1.38T 1.42T
Cost Of Revenue 853.99B 848.72B 791.3B 845.57B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -6.74B -5.43B -4.94B -2.74B
Net Income From Continuing Ops 155.33B 150.35B 128.07B 111.42B
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 153.7B 148.21B 126.14B 109.64B

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 625.48B 782.5B 727.42B 720.13B
Total Stockholder Equity 822.36B 857.7B 923.69B 965.14B
Other Current Liabilities 78.73B 84.56B 78.41B 80.19B
Total Assets 1.46T 1.65T 1.67T 1.7T
Common Stock 85.42B 85.42B 85.42B 85.42B
Other Current Assets 10.03B 13.5B 9.88B 11.28B
Retained Earnings 670B 700.84B 778.89B 781.76B
Treasury Stock -41.31B -37.28B -47.24B -7.68B
Cash 265.98B 289.68B 353.18B 336.07B
Total Current Liabilities 430.84B 432.53B 425.4B 421.9B
Other Stockholder Equity -30.03B -32.97B -43.38B -3.72B
Property, Plant, and Equipment 418.94B 601.65B 580.46B 572.67B
Total Current Assets 726.31B 737.03B 778.4B 809.79B
Net Tangible Assets 595.52B 630.22B 698.4B 729B
Net Receivables 228.05B 211.8B 202.55B 218.72B
Accounts Payable 225.56B 222.31B 215.84B 229.09B


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to KAO CORP:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
NO DATA

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to KAO CORP. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on KAO CORP

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to KAO CORP. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on KAO CORP

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to KAO CORP:

KAO CORP automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 17.39% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

17.39 %

Latent gain

2218.0 ¥

Invested capital

12754.0 ¥

Annualized return

4.14 %
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Momentum strategy results on KAO CORP

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to KAO CORP. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on KAO CORP

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on KAO CORP:

KAO CORP momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 19.7% of return on KAO CORP. That represents 1232.0¥ of latent gain with 6254.0¥ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 12.2% of return on KAO CORP. That represents 814.0¥ of latent gain with 6672.0¥ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

19.7 %

Latent gain

1232.0 ¥

Invested capital

6254.0 ¥

Annualized return

0.07 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

12.2 %

Latent gain

814.0 ¥

Invested capital

6672.0 ¥

Annualized return

3.28 %

Momentum equity curve on KAO CORP

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to KAO CORP:

KAO CORP momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by KAO CORP are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on KAO CORP

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on KAO CORP since the beginning:

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Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250¥, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000¥.


Buy the dip strategy result on KAO CORP

Buy the dip entry openings on KAO CORP

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The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on KAO CORP is 0.15%. That represents 11.0$ of latent gain with 7475.0¥ of employed capital. The following chart shows KAO CORP stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of KAO CORP, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0.15 %

Latent gain

11.0 ¥

Invested capital

7475.0 ¥

Annualized return

0.07 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to KAO CORP

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to KAO CORP:

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Note: the dividends potentially given by KAO CORP are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on KAO CORP

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on KAO CORP:

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Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on KAO CORP

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to KAO CORP.

Equity curve comparison on KAO CORP

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

KAO CORP investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on KAO CORP

KAO CORP investment comparison

Performance comparison on KAO CORP

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 17.39% 2218.0¥ 12754.0¥ 4.14%
Momentum 1 quarter 19.7% 1232.0¥ 6254.0¥ 4.97%
Momentum 2 quarters 12.2% 814.0¥ 6672.0¥ 3.28%
Non-directional 0.15% 11.0¥ 7475.0¥ 0.07%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

4.14 %

Momentum 1Q

3.28 %

Momentum 2Q

3.28 %

Non-directional

0.07 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with KAO CORP:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year


Most correlated stocks last 3 months

Negative correlation

Most negatively correlated stocks this year


Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between KAO CORP and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of KAO CORP does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name KAO CORP
Country Japan
City Tokyo
Address 14-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho
Phone 81 3 3660 7111
Website www.kao.com/jp/
FullTime employees 33507
Industry Household & Personal Products
Sector Consumer Defensive
Exchange XTKS
Ticker 4452.XTKS
Market www.jpx.co.jp

KAO CORP ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 5.9
Peer Environment Performance 8.4282142857143
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil no
Nuclear no
Fur Leather no
GMO no
Coal no
Pesticides no
Animal Testing yes

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 5.1
Peer Social Performance 8.9571428571429
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy 2
Peer Highest Controversy Performance 1.75
Adult no
Gambling no
Alcoholic no
Tobacco no
Catholic no
Controversial Weapons no
Small Arms no
Military Contract no
Peer Count yes

Related Controversy: Environmental Supply Chain Incidents


Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 6.1
Peer Governance Performance 7.4782142857143
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: 17.1
Environment Score: 5.9
Social Score: 5.1
Governance Score: 6.1

ESG Performance: UNDER_PERF

Peer Group: Household Products

Peer Esg Score Performance: 24.8625

Rating Year: 2022

Rating Month: 8

Max Age: 86400

Percentile: 16