Valuation Kao Corporation

Stocks

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 10:30:00 29/06/2026 +04			5-day change	1st Jan Change
3,250.00 ^JPY	+0.53%		+7.10%	+3.82%

06-26	Jefferies Upgrades Kao to Buy From Hold, Adjusts Price Target to 7,500 Yen From 7,200 Yen	MT
05-19	Kao Corporation, Q1 2026 Earnings Call, May 12, 2026

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
Market Cap ¹	2,852,283	2,442,686	2,696,205	2,967,136	2,831,960	2,959,988	-	-
Change	-	-14.36%	10.38%	10.05%	-4.56%	4.52%	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	2,643,951	2,302,274	2,543,022	2,740,482	2,751,820	2,775,575	2,738,797	2,692,578
Change	-	-12.92%	10.46%	7.76%	0.41%	0.86%	-1.33%	-1.69%
P/E	26.1x	28.7x	61.5x	27.5x	24.1x	21.7x	20.3x	18.6x
PBR	2.96x	2.51x	2.74x	2.78x	2.66x	2.64x	2.51x	2.35x
PEG	-	-1.4x	-1.3x	0x	2x	1.4x	2.89x	2.12x
Capitalization / Revenue	2.01x	1.57x	1.76x	1.82x	1.68x	1.66x	1.6x	1.55x
EV / Revenue	1.86x	1.48x	1.66x	1.68x	1.63x	1.56x	1.48x	1.41x
EV / EBITDA	11.5x	11.5x	17x	11.7x	11x	9.96x	9.46x	8.81x
EV / EBIT	18.4x	20.9x	42.4x	18.7x	16.8x	14.8x	13.7x	12.5x
EV / FCF	24.4x	-	23.3x	25.4x	27.9x	21.5x	19.6x	17.5x
FCF Yield	4.1%	-	4.3%	3.94%	3.58%	4.65%	5.1%	5.71%
Dividend per Share ²	72	74	75	76	77	78.08	79.21	80.41
Rate of return	2.39%	2.82%	2.59%	2.38%	2.46%	2.39%	2.42%	2.46%
EPS ²	115.3	91.64	47.18	116	130.2	150.9	161.5	175.7
Distribution rate	62.4%	80.8%	159%	65.5%	59.2%	51.7%	49%	45.8%
Net sales ¹	1,418,768	1,551,059	1,532,579	1,628,448	1,688,633	1,779,062	1,845,521	1,903,987
EBITDA ¹	230,851	199,809	149,630	235,066	249,910	278,635	289,607	305,461
EBIT ¹	143,510	110,071	60,035	146,644	164,069	187,697	199,471	215,308
Net income ¹	109,636	86,038	43,870	107,767	120,081	136,329	144,982	156,616
Net Debt ¹	-208,332	-140,412	-153,183	-226,654	-80,140	-184,413	-221,191	-267,409
Reference price ²	3,009.50	2,627.50	2,900.00	3,194.00	3,130.50	3,272.00	3,272.00	3,272.00
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	947,760	929,661	929,726	928,972	904,635	904,642	-	-
Announcement Date	03/02/22	02/02/23	07/02/24	06/02/25	05/02/26	-	-	-

¹JPY in Million²JPY

Estimates

Add to a list 0 selected To use this feature you must be a member Log in Sign up	P/E (Y)	EV / Sales (Y)	EV / EBITDA (Y)	Dividend Yield (Y)	Capi.($)
KAO CORPORATION	21.68x	1.56x	9.96x	2.39%	18.31B
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	22.02x	4.26x	15.58x	2.86%	347B
UNILEVER PLC	17.6x	2.69x	11.9x	3.55%	131B
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY	24.96x	3.74x	15.75x	2.27%	73.67B
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED	45.22x	7.24x	31.44x	2.1%	54.15B
KENVUE INC.	20.07x	2.82x	11.7x	4.43%	36.73B
ESTEE LAUDER	78.05x	2.36x	14.37x	1.75%	29.14B
ESSITY AB	15.61x	1.56x	8.72x	3.3%	19.46B
BEIERSDORF	17.52x	1.25x	7.47x	1.35%	18.82B
GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED	50.41x	7.02x	34.4x	1.27%	11.22B
Average	31.31x	3.45x	16.13x	2.53%	74B
Weighted average by Cap.	25.47x	3.83x	15.63x	2.84%