Is Kao Corporation stock a buy?
What Is The Conclusion?
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Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!
Yes, Kao Corporation pays dividends. Last time was Saturday 1st of March 2025 where the investors holding the stock on Friday 27th of December 2024 were paid $0.49126 per share. Over the last 27 times between 2012 and 2024, Kao Corporation has paid $136.34802 with an average of $5.05 per share.
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We cannot find data for Kao Corporation 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Friday 22nd of November 2019 when the price was $76.66, you would have made a loss of $-38.01 per share or -49.58%
No, the average daily trading liquidity for Kao Corporation is $274 thousand. Trading in stocks with this little trading liquidity is very dangerous, and you can get into a situation where it will be hard to trade your stocks. In addition, these types of stocks usually have very high volatility.
Kao Corporation has little of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at lower risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a high cash flow to debt ratio of 1.50, the company's ability to pay off the debt is good. The company has a very low net profit margin of 4.47%, which is challenging.
We have calculated the inflation risk for Kao Corporation to be low [0.2 of 1]
US inflation for August 2024 was 0.19%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.59%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 4.41 and is up 0.05 over the last 30 days.