Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,178B 20.19B 17.75B 16.73B 15.27B 28.54B 1,936B 28.8B 199B 77.46B 990B 75.91B 74.26B P/E 2026 *
22.7x
P/E 2027 * 21x
Enterprise Value 2,990B 18.99B 16.69B 15.74B 14.36B 26.85B 1,821B 27.09B 187B 72.86B 931B 71.41B 69.86B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.66x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.58x
Free-Float
97.78%
Yield 2026 *
2.22%
Yield 2027 * 2.26%
1 day+0.80%
1 week+1.01%
Current month-3.52%
1 month-2.23%
3 months+7.37%
6 months+16.52%
Current year+12.22%
1 week 3,448
Extreme 3448
3,547
1 month 3,360
Extreme 3360
3,664
Current year 2,880
Extreme 2880
3,782
1 year 2,880
Extreme 2880
3,782
3 years 2,620
Extreme 2620
3,782
5 years 2,331.5
Extreme 2331.5
3,782
10 years 2,331.5
Extreme 2331.5
4,693.5
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.($)
+0.80%+1.01%+7.79%+28.45% 20.2B
+0.38%-0.11%-4.11%-2.07% 340B
-0.93%+0.94%-6.02%+2.02% 133B
+0.87%-1.61%+8.13%+19.53% 68.6B
+0.49%+0.56%-22.65%-21.62% 47.63B
+1.08%-0.06%+8.40%-13.76% 34.19B
-0.94%+1.11%+9.01%-32.34% 34.18B
+0.49%+5.73%-11.15%-36.75% 19.52B
-0.58%-1.03%+6.50%+11.40% 17.7B
+0.57%0.00%-24.39%-10.08% 9.39B
Average +0.22%+0.65%-2.85%-5.52% 72.41B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.16%+0.21%-3.17%-2.40%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,806B 11.48B 10.09B 9.51B 8.68B 16.22B 1,100B 16.37B 113B 44.02B 563B 43.14B 42.21B 1,874B 11.9B 10.46B 9.86B 9B 16.82B 1,141B 16.98B 117B 45.66B 583B 44.75B 43.78B
Net income 138B 879M 773M 729M 665M 1.24B 84.32B 1.25B 8.67B 3.37B 43.11B 3.31B 3.23B 149B 945M 830M 783M 714M 1.34B 90.58B 1.35B 9.31B 3.62B 46.31B 3.55B 3.47B
Net Debt -189B -1.2B -1.05B -992M -906M -1.69B -115B -1.71B -11.81B -4.59B -58.72B -4.5B -4.41B -225B -1.43B -1.25B -1.18B -1.08B -2.02B -137B -2.03B -14.06B -5.47B -69.93B -5.36B -5.25B
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
25/09/26 ¥3,513.00 +0.80% 3,144,000
24/09/26 ¥3,485.00 +0.20% 2,503,500
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,513.00JPY
Average target price
4,052.31JPY
Spread / Average Target
+15.35%

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