Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,153B 19.83B 17.45B 16.45B 15B 28.06B 1,904B 28.28B 197B 76.48B 969B 74.47B 72.85B P/E 2026 *
22.5x
P/E 2027 * 20.8x
Enterprise Value 2,965B 18.65B 16.4B 15.46B 14.11B 26.38B 1,790B 26.59B 186B 71.9B 911B 70.01B 68.49B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.64x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.56x
Free-Float
97.78%
Yield 2026 *
2.24%
Yield 2027 * 2.28%
1 day-0.68%
1 week-1.89%
Current month-3.71%
1 month-2.02%
3 months+16.32%
6 months+15.70%
Current year+10.01%
1 week 7.2
Extreme 7.2
7.51
1 month 6.95
Extreme 6.95
7.77
Current year 5.95
Extreme 5.95
7.8
1 year 5.95
Extreme 5.95
7.8
3 years 5.85
Extreme 5.85
8.47
5 years 5.49
Extreme 5.49175
10.2
10 years 5.49
Extreme 5.49175
14.58
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 66 01/04/1990
Director of Finance/CFO 66 01/01/2021
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D 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.($)
-0.68%-1.89% - - 19.83B
-1.16%-1.27%-4.42%-3.89% 338B
-0.70%+0.98%-6.77%+1.64% 134B
-0.71%-2.75%+5.16%+17.76% 68.01B
-0.47%-0.40%-24.19%-22.28% 47.33B
-3.50%+1.61%+11.77%-35.39% 34.5B
-0.34%-1.45%+4.45%-14.31% 33.82B
+0.80%+1.01%+7.83%+28.66% 19.83B
+0.65%+5.98%-9.81%-36.53% 19.38B
+0.17%-0.38%+8.00%+12.96% 17.74B
Average -0.43%-0.02%-0.89%-5.71% 79.22B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.11%-0.51%-3.55%-3.59%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,806B 11.36B 9.99B 9.42B 8.6B 16.08B 1,091B 16.2B 113B 43.81B 555B 42.66B 41.74B 1,874B 11.79B 10.37B 9.77B 8.92B 16.67B 1,131B 16.8B 117B 45.44B 576B 44.25B 43.29B
Net income 138B 871M 766M 722M 659M 1.23B 83.58B 1.24B 8.66B 3.36B 42.54B 3.27B 3.2B 149B 935M 823M 776M 708M 1.32B 89.78B 1.33B 9.31B 3.61B 45.69B 3.51B 3.44B
Net Debt -189B -1.19B -1.04B -983M -897M -1.68B -114B -1.69B -11.8B -4.57B -57.94B -4.45B -4.36B -225B -1.41B -1.24B -1.17B -1.07B -2B -136B -2.01B -14.05B -5.45B -69.01B -5.3B -5.19B
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
24/09/26 $7.270 -0.68% 80,374
23/09/26 $7.320 -0.41% 86,660
22/09/26 $7.350 +0.27% 110,978
21/09/26 $7.330 -0.27% 89,121
18/09/26 $7.350 -0.81% 54,788
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,485.00JPY
Average target price
4,052.31JPY
Spread / Average Target
+16.28%

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