Valuation Kao Corporation

Stocks

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 10:30:00 10/07/2026 +04			5-day change	1st Jan Change
3,219.00 ^JPY	-1.86%		-1.47%	+2.83%

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	2,912,026	-	-
Change	-	-14.36%	10.38%	10.05%	-4.56%	2.83%	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	2,643,951	2,302,274	2,543,022	2,740,482	2,751,820	2,727,379	2,690,358	2,643,888
Change	-	-12.92%	10.46%	7.76%	0.41%	-0.89%	-1.36%	-1.73%
P/E	26.1x	28.7x	61.5x	27.5x	24.1x	21.3x	19.9x	18.3x
PBR	2.96x	2.51x	2.74x	2.78x	2.66x	2.6x	2.46x	2.31x
PEG	-	-1.4x	-1.3x	0x	2x	1.3x	2.83x	2.08x
Capitalization / Revenue	2.01x	1.57x	1.76x	1.82x	1.68x	1.64x	1.58x	1.53x
EV / Revenue	1.86x	1.48x	1.66x	1.68x	1.63x	1.53x	1.46x	1.39x
EV / EBITDA	11.5x	11.5x	17x	11.7x	11x	9.79x	9.29x	8.66x
EV / EBIT	18.4x	20.9x	42.4x	18.7x	16.8x	14.6x	13.5x	12.3x
EV / FCF	24.4x	-	23.3x	25.4x	27.9x	21.2x	19.2x	17.2x
FCF Yield	4.1%	-	4.3%	3.94%	3.58%	4.73%	5.2%	5.82%
Dividend per Share ²	72	74	75	76	77	78.08	79.29	80.41
Rate of return	2.39%	2.82%	2.59%	2.38%	2.46%	2.43%	2.46%	2.5%
EPS ²	115.3	91.64	47.18	116	130.2	151.1	161.8	176
Distribution rate	62.4%	80.8%	159%	65.5%	59.2%	51.7%	49%	45.7%
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	186,731	199,394	215,225
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	-184,646	-221,668	-268,138
Reference price ²	3,009.50	2,627.50	2,900.00	3,194.00	3,130.50	3,219.00	3,219.00	3,219.00
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	947,760	929,661	929,726	928,972	904,635	904,637	-	-
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 (N)	EV / Sales (N)	EV / EBITDA (N)	Dividend Yield (N)	Capi.($)
KAO CORPORATION	21.7x	1.56x	9.99x	2.38%	18.28B
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	21.62x	4.2x	15.38x	2.9%	342B
UNILEVER PLC	17.59x	2.68x	11.88x	3.55%	132B
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY	24.67x	3.7x	15.59x	2.33%	72.83B
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED	44.66x	7.15x	31.04x	2.11%	52.79B
KENVUE INC.	20.13x	2.83x	11.73x	4.42%	36.83B
ESTEE LAUDER	77.64x	2.4x	14.61x	1.72%	29.66B
ESSITY AB	15.58x	1.55x	8.72x	3.31%	19.5B
BEIERSDORF	17.8x	1.28x	7.64x	1.33%	19.16B
GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED	52.98x	7.37x	36.11x	1.21%	11.66B
Average	31.44x	3.47x	16.27x	2.53%	73.45B
Weighted average by Cap.	25.28x	3.79x	15.50x	2.87%