4452Kao Corp.
+4.3% today · +21.9% over a year
No score: too little data.
Stability: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 1.99%.
Kao Corp. (4452) dividends: trailing yield 1.99%, not lowered for 24 years, 5-year growth 1.8% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
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Next payment
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Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +1.8%
- Years without a lower dividend
- 24
- Years without a cut of over 10 %
- 24
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2026 | — | ¥39.00 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 29 Dec 2025 | — | ¥38.50 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 27 Jun 2025 | — | ¥38.50 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 27 Dec 2024 | — | ¥38.00 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
Each payment is checked against 1 data feed. Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
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