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Year on year Kao Corp 's net income fell -49.01% from 86.04bn to 43.87bn despite relatively flat revenues. A contributing factor has been an increase in the selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of sales from 22.81% to 24.56%.
| Gross margin | 38.25% |
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| Net profit margin | 4.63% |
| Operating margin | 5.82% |
| Return on assets | 4.08% |
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| Return on equity | 6.87% |
| Return on investment | 5.51% |
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Cash flow in JPYView more
In 2023, Kao Corp increased its cash reserves by 8.73%, or 23.42bn. The company earned 202.48bn from its operations for a Cash Flow Margin of 13.21%. In addition the company used 109.30bn on investing activities and also paid 79.98bn in financing cash flows.
| Cash flow per share | 349.86 |
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| Price/Cash flow per share | 19.90 |
| Book value per share | 2,273.50 |
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| Tangible book value per share | 1,592.07 |
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Balance sheet in JPYView more
| Current ratio | 1.87 |
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| Quick ratio | 1.27 |
| Total debt/total equity | 0.2452 |
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| Total debt/total capital | 0.1923 |
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Growth rates in JPY
Year on year, growth in dividends per share increased 1.35% while earnings per share excluding extraordinary items fell by -48.40%. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since only some companies in the Personal & Household Prods. industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, dividend per share growth is in-line with the industry average relative to its peers, while earnings per share growth is below the industry average.
| Div yield(5 year avg) | 2.20% |
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| Div growth rate (5 year) | 4.56% |
| Payout ratio (TTM) | 99.55% |
| EPS growth(5 years) | -21.33 |
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| EPS (TTM) vs TTM 1 year ago | 10.93 |
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