Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 2,916B 17.96B 15.75B 14.59B 13.43B 25.39B 1,719B 25.89B 174B 68.21B 844B 67.45B 65.97B P/E 2026 *
21.3x
P/E 2027 * 19.9x
Enterprise Value 2,731B 16.82B 14.76B 13.67B 12.58B 23.79B 1,610B 24.25B 163B 63.89B 791B 63.18B 61.8B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.54x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.46x
Free-Float
97.57%
Yield 2026 *
2.42%
Yield 2027 * 2.46%
1 day+0.10%
1 week+0.10%
Current month+0.10%
1 month+10.72%
3 months+5.71%
6 months-1.39%
Current year+4.87%
1 week 20.93
Extreme 20.93
20.93
1 month 20.5
Extreme 20.5
20.93
Current year 17.54
Extreme 17.535
21.22
1 year 17.54
Extreme 17.535
23.92
3 years 17.5
Extreme 17.5
24.8
5 years 17
Extreme 17
30.3
10 years 17
Extreme 17
41.75
Manager TitleAgeSince
President 66 01/01/2021
Director of Finance/CFO 66 01/01/2021
Chief Administrative Officer - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 66 24/03/2023
Director/Board Member 66 01/03/2016
Director/Board Member 65 25/03/2022
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+0.10%+0.10% - - 18.03B
+0.90%-0.63%-3.51%-0.39% 342B
-0.34%-0.79%-9.10%+2.28% 133B
+1.05%-0.19%+4.91%+22.87% 73.81B
-0.93%-3.21%-15.44%-20.31% 52.98B
-1.28%-1.69%-11.87%-24.29% 37.4B
-1.83%-4.42%-9.42%-58.01% 29.91B
+0.65%+0.50%+6.63%+0.65% 19.56B
+1.41%+3.14%-27.76%-31.99% 19.44B
-1.81%-0.76%-16.83%+0.03% 11.68B
Average -0.07%-1.01%-9.15%-12.13% 80.07B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.41%-2.02%-5.83%-3.43%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,779B 10.96B 9.61B 8.9B 8.19B 15.5B 1,049B 15.8B 106B 41.62B 515B 41.16B 40.26B 1,846B 11.37B 9.97B 9.24B 8.5B 16.07B 1,088B 16.39B 110B 43.17B 534B 42.69B 41.76B
Net income 136B 840M 737M 682M 628M 1.19B 80.39B 1.21B 8.13B 3.19B 39.48B 3.15B 3.08B 145B 893M 783M 726M 668M 1.26B 85.49B 1.29B 8.65B 3.39B 41.98B 3.35B 3.28B
Net Debt -185B -1.14B -998M -924M -850M -1.61B -109B -1.64B -11.01B -4.32B -53.47B -4.27B -4.18B -222B -1.37B -1.2B -1.11B -1.02B -1.93B -131B -1.97B -13.22B -5.19B -64.19B -5.13B -5.02B
Logo Kao Corporation
Kao Corp is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of consumer products and chemical products. The Company operates in five business segments. The Hygiene & Living Care segment provides fabric care products, home care products, and sanitary products. The Health & Beauty Care segment provides skin care products, hair care products, and personal health products. The Life Care segment is mainly involved in the provision of commercial hygiene products, health drinks and other life care products. The Cosmetic segment produces counseling cosmetics and self-cosmetics. The above four business segments are included in the consumer products business. Chemical segment provides oil and fat products, such as oleochemical alcohols, oleochemical amines, fatty acids, and edible oils and fats for commercial use, functional material products, such as surfactants, additives for plastics, and high-performance water reducers for concrete, as well as specialty chemicals products.
Employees
31,514
Date Price Change Volume
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,223.00JPY
Average target price
3,680.77JPY
Spread / Average Target
+14.20%

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