Human Healthcare Holds Kao Back From 2020 Goals in 1Q
Despite a slow start to the year, Kao maintained its guidance for the full year and we are maintaining our wide moat rating and JPY 8,800 fair value estimate. We believe Kao is currently reasonably priced.First-quarter sales decelerated again, contracting 0.2% on a like-for-like basis. By business division, trends were little changed from the fourth quarter, with beauty care, and cosmetics in particular, driving growth. In the cosmetics segment, which makes up 19% of Kao's sales, like-for-like ...
Kao is engaged in the manufacture and sale of consumer products, cosmetics and industrial chemical products. Co.'s principal products include cosmetics, soaps, facial cleansers, body cleansers, shampoos, conditioners, hair styling products, hair coloring agents, beverages, sanitary napkins, baby diapers, bath additives, oral care products, laundry detergents, fabric treatments, cleaning products, and commercial-use products. Co. also provides fatty alcohols, fatty amines, fatty acids, glycerin, commercial-use edible fats and oils, surfactant, plastics additives, toner and toner binder for copiers and printers, ink and colorants for ink-jet printers, fragrances and aroma chemicals.
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