Kao Corporation (KAOOY)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
46% below intrinsic value ($0)
Kao Corporation (KAOOY) — VMCI valuation read
The headline on Kao Corporation (KAOOY) is a 67/100 VMCI score, set against a Consumer Defensive sector median of 50. That 17-point above-median read reflects the five-pillar weighting and, for a mid-cap name, suggests a relative-value tailwind is in the data.
KAOOY insider activity report: 0 buys, 0 sells filed via Form 4 over the past 30 days. The next datable items are the 10-Q schedule and any 8-K-triggering events; both feed the VMCI Integrity pillar more than the price tape.
**Investor frame.** KAOOY trades at 25.0x earnings, 39% above the Consumer Defensive median of 18.0x sets the value side. ROIC of 19.0% sits 9.0pp above the Consumer Defensive median (10.0%) sets the quality side. Net debt to EBITDA of -1.6x leaves covenant headroom sets the risk side, the three lines a value buyer reads first on KAOOY.
KAOOY fell 1.6% over the trailing 7 days, with a -15.3% 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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