Kao Corporation (KAOCF)
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Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Household & Personal Products
IPO Date
17 Jan 2012
Employees
32.57K
Website
https://www.kao.comCEO
Yoshihiro Hasebe
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.
KAOCF Financial Timeline
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Upcoming earnings on 6 May 2026
Upcoming earnings on 4 Feb 2026
Upcoming earnings on 6 Nov 2025
Revenue estimate is $2.84B.
Earnings released on 6 Aug 2025
EPS came in at $0.40 falling short of the estimated $0.44 by -9.44%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.91B , beating expectations by +3.39%.
Earnings released on 8 May 2025
EPS came in at $0.33 surpassing the estimated $0.29 by +11.34%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.60B , beating expectations by +2.94%.
Dividend declared on 6 Feb 2025
A dividend of $0.51 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.51. The dividend will be paid on 1 Mar 2026.
Dividend declared on 6 Feb 2025
A dividend of $0.53 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.53. The dividend was paid on 1 Sept 2025.
Earnings released on 5 Feb 2025
EPS came in at $0.50 surpassing the estimated $0.47 by +7.36%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.79B , beating expectations by +12.10%.
Dividend declared on 27 Dec 2024
A dividend of $0.48 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.48. The dividend was paid on 24 Mar 2025.
Earnings released on 7 Nov 2024
EPS came in at $0.41 falling short of the estimated $0.45 by -7.93%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.80B , missing expectations by -0.42%.
Earnings released on 8 Aug 2024
EPS came in at $0.36 surpassing the estimated $0.32 by +14.24%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.63B , beating expectations by +3.20%.
Earnings released on 9 May 2024
EPS came in at $0.23 surpassing the estimated $0.18 by +27.09%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.41B , beating expectations by +2.61%.
Earnings released on 22 Mar 2024
EPS came in at $0.17 surpassing the estimated $0.15 by +17.62%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.91B , missing expectations by -2.19%.
Dividend declared on 7 Feb 2024
A dividend of $0.48 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.48. The dividend was paid on 24 Mar 2025.
Dividend declared on 7 Feb 2024
A dividend of $0.47 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.47. The dividend was paid on 2 Sept 2024.
Earnings released on 30 Sept 2023
EPS came in at $0.23 falling short of the estimated $0.31 by -26.22%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.59B , missing expectations by -4.17%.
Earnings released on 30 Jun 2023
EPS came in at $0.18 falling short of the estimated $0.26 by -32.03%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.70B , missing expectations by -1.53%.
Earnings released on 31 Mar 2023
EPS came in at $0.08 falling short of the estimated $0.27 by -71.26%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.62B , missing expectations by -3.87%.
Earnings released on 2 Feb 2023
EPS came in at $0.46 falling short of the estimated $0.62 by -26.61%, while revenue for the quarter reached $3.26B , missing expectations by -1.25%.
Dividend declared on 2 Feb 2023
A dividend of $0.53 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.53. The dividend was paid on 25 Mar 2024.
Dividend declared on 2 Feb 2023
A dividend of $0.52 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.52. The dividend was paid on 1 Sept 2023.
Earnings released on 1 Nov 2022
EPS came in at $0.28 falling short of the estimated $0.38 by -25.94%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.72B , beating expectations by +3.06%.
Earnings released on 3 Aug 2022
EPS came in at $0.33 falling short of the estimated $0.37 by -12.66%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.85B , beating expectations by +3.75%.
Earnings released on 11 May 2022
EPS came in at $0.30 falling short of the estimated $0.37 by -19.71%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.84B , beating expectations by +0.95%.
Earnings released on 3 Feb 2022
EPS came in at $0.51 falling short of the estimated $0.67 by -24.81%, while revenue for the quarter reached $3.46B , beating expectations by +1.15%.
Dividend declared on 3 Feb 2022
A dividend of $0.56 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.55. The dividend was paid on 27 Mar 2023.
Dividend declared on 3 Feb 2022
A dividend of $0.54 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.54. The dividend was paid on 1 Sept 2022.
Earnings released on 2 Nov 2021
EPS came in at $0.55 falling short of the estimated $0.60 by -8.36%, while revenue for the quarter reached $3.10B .
Earnings released on 3 Aug 2021
EPS came in at $0.52 falling short of the estimated $0.57 by -10.28%, while revenue for the quarter reached $3.19B .
Earnings released on 7 May 2021
EPS came in at $0.49 surpassing the estimated $0.46 by +7.99%, while revenue for the quarter reached $2.90B .
Earnings released on 3 Feb 2021
EPS came in at $0.79 falling short of the estimated $0.83 by -4.68%, while revenue for the quarter reached $3.65B .
Dividend declared on 3 Feb 2021
A dividend of $0.63 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.63. The dividend was paid on 28 Mar 2022.
Dividend declared on 3 Feb 2021
A dividend of $0.65 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.65. The dividend was paid on 1 Sept 2021.
Earnings released on 28 Oct 2020
EPS came in at $0.70 surpassing the estimated $0.62 by +13.75%, while revenue for the quarter reached $3.20B .
Dividend declared on 4 Feb 2020
A dividend of $0.68 per share was announced, adjusted to $0.67. The dividend was paid on 29 Mar 2021.
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