Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 2,884B 18.3B 15.89B 14.82B 13.61B 25.75B 1,741B 26.03B 175B 68.3B 870B 68.74B 67.23B P/E 2026 *
21.3x
P/E 2027 * 19.9x
Enterprise Value 2,699B 17.13B 14.88B 13.87B 12.74B 24.1B 1,630B 24.36B 164B 63.93B 815B 64.34B 62.93B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.52x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.45x
Free-Float
97.57%
Yield 2026 *
2.43%
Yield 2027 * 2.47%
1 day+0.24%
1 week-0.38%
1 month-0.29%
3 months+4.69%
6 months+12.82%
Current year+4.47%
1 week 20.85
Extreme 20.85
20.85
1 month 20.2
Extreme 20.2
20.93
Current year 17.54
Extreme 17.535
21.22
1 year 17.54
Extreme 17.535
23.92
3 years 17.53
Extreme 17.53
24.8
5 years 17
Extreme 17
30.3
10 years 17
Extreme 17
41.75
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 66 1990-03-31
Director of Finance/CFO 66 2020-12-31
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 66 2023-03-23
Director/Board Member 66 2016-02-29
Director/Board Member 65 2022-03-24
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+0.24%-0.38% - - 18.47B
-1.29%+0.40%-2.54%-6.53% 345B
+0.60%-4.04%-5.64%+3.97% 137B
+0.26%-1.05%+11.38%+20.30% 73.76B
-0.53%-1.53%-17.73%-18.83% 51.78B
-1.41%-2.83%-11.14%-18.31% 37.54B
+0.79%+3.99%-3.78%-48.58% 31.47B
+4.83%-0.17%-23.42%-31.17% 19.68B
+1.79%+0.93%+16.06%+9.69% 19.68B
+1.02%-0.70%-12.33%+3.72% 11.38B
Average +0.66%-0.82%-5.46%-9.53% 80.83B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.29%-1.94%-3.51%-5.19%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,779B 11.29B 9.8B 9.14B 8.4B 15.88B 1,074B 16.05B 108B 42.12B 537B 42.39B 41.46B 1,845B 11.71B 10.17B 9.48B 8.71B 16.47B 1,114B 16.66B 112B 43.7B 557B 43.98B 43.02B
Net income 136B 864M 751M 700M 643M 1.22B 82.23B 1.23B 8.25B 3.23B 41.11B 3.25B 3.18B 145B 921M 800M 746M 685M 1.3B 87.62B 1.31B 8.79B 3.44B 43.8B 3.46B 3.38B
Net Debt -185B -1.17B -1.02B -949M -872M -1.65B -111B -1.67B -11.19B -4.37B -55.73B -4.4B -4.3B -208B -1.32B -1.14B -1.07B -980M -1.85B -125B -1.87B -12.58B -4.92B -62.66B -4.95B -4.84B
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
26-07-30 US$20.85 +0.24% 400
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,216.00JPY
Average target price
3,696.15JPY
Spread / Average Target
+14.93%

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