Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,197B 20.05B 17.35B 16.29B 14.83B 27.83B 1,914B 28.33B 190B 74.57B 961B 75.33B 73.71B P/E 2026 *
23.1x
P/E 2027 * 21.8x
Enterprise Value 3,024B 18.97B 16.41B 15.41B 14.03B 26.33B 1,811B 26.81B 179B 70.56B 909B 71.27B 69.74B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.7x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.62x
Free-Float
97.57%
Yield 2026 *
2.21%
Yield 2027 * 2.24%
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.($)
-0.76%-.--% - - 20.09B
+0.20%-0.85%-6.36%-6.62% 336B
-0.84%-1.72%-9.02%+0.75% 134B
-1.05%-1.42%+8.09%+23.19% 73.3B
-0.72%-0.91%-16.27%-18.01% 51.04B
0.00%-0.16%-9.43%-17.45% 36.88B
-1.40%-2.55%-5.35%-47.35% 31.15B
-0.67%-3.31%+6.61%+22.87% 20.09B
+0.29%-1.42%+12.36%+7.00% 19.82B
-0.33%-3.55%-23.06%-35.22% 19.77B
Average -0.53%-1.48%-4.72%-7.87% 80.22B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.31%-1.57%-5.78%-4.93%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,776B 11.14B 9.64B 9.05B 8.24B 15.46B 1,063B 15.74B 105B 41.43B 534B 41.85B 40.95B 1,847B 11.59B 10.03B 9.42B 8.57B 16.08B 1,106B 16.37B 110B 43.1B 555B 43.53B 42.6B
Net income 134B 840M 727M 682M 621M 1.17B 80.15B 1.19B 7.94B 3.12B 40.24B 3.15B 3.09B 145B 910M 787M 739M 673M 1.26B 86.84B 1.29B 8.6B 3.38B 43.6B 3.42B 3.34B
Net Debt -172B -1.08B -935M -878M -799M -1.5B -103B -1.53B -10.21B -4.02B -51.78B -4.06B -3.97B -203B -1.28B -1.1B -1.04B -943M -1.77B -122B -1.8B -12.05B -4.74B -61.11B -4.79B -4.69B
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.
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