Kao Corporation (KAOCF)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
47% above intrinsic value ($0)
Kao Corporation (KAOCF) — VMCI valuation read
Kao Corporation (KAOCF) carries a VMCI composite of 66/100, 16 points above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 50. Among mid-cap names, that gap places KAOCF in the top third on the five-pillar weighting (Value 35%, Quality 30%, Integrity 15%, Growth 12%, Risk 8%).
The KAOCF insider tape has been silent for the past 30 days on Form 4. Where executives neither buy nor sell, the bull and bear cases lean harder on filings cadence and the next earnings line.
**Investor frame.** Value reads KAOCF trades at 14.0x earnings, 22% below the Consumer Defensive median of 18.0x, which compresses or extends through the 11.0x EV/EBITDA versus a Consumer Defensive 12.0x. Quality: ROIC of 18.0% sits 8.0pp above the Consumer Defensive median (10.0%). Risk: net debt to EBITDA of 1.1x leaves covenant headroom, the line to track on Kao Corporation's next 10-Q.
KAOCF fell 0.9% over the trailing 7 days, with a -1.4% read on a 30-day basis.
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.
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