Valuation: Kao Corporation

Capitalization 2,847B 18.06B 15.57B 14.06B 13.49B 24.6B 1,660B 25.74B 166B 66.58B 796B 67.79B 66.34B P/E ratio 2025
24.1x
P/E ratio 2026 * 21.2x
Enterprise value 2,698B 17.12B 14.76B 13.32B 12.78B 23.31B 1,573B 24.4B 158B 63.1B 754B 64.25B 62.88B EV / Sales 2025
1.68x
EV / Sales 2026 * 1.52x
Free-Float
97.61%
Yield 2025
2.46%
Yield 2026 * 2.48%
1 day+1.12%
1 week-5.69%
Current month-5.69%
1 month-3.60%
3 months+1.17%
6 months-9.24%
Current year+0.53%
1 week 6,175
Extreme 6175
6,744
1 month 6,175
Extreme 6175
6,792
Current year 6,016
Extreme 6016
6,792
1 year 5,760
Extreme 5760
7,007
3 years 4,877
Extreme 4877
7,273
5 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
7,577
10 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
9,387
Manager TitleAgeSince
President 65 2020-12-31
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 65 2016-02-29
Director/Board Member 65 2022-03-24
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
+1.12%-5.69%-1.47%+25.96% 18.06B
-0.15%-6.67%+3.16%-1.64% 230B
+0.71%+6.92%+56.88% - 47.02B
+1.22%-6.76%+10.11%-51.10% 7.8B
+1.08%-13.08%+12.38%-7.00% 5.51B
-0.12%-10.44%+16.64%+11.86% 4.87B
+1.64%-3.92%-18.85%-48.43% 3.89B
+7.00%+0.17%+65.25%+122.06% 3.07B
-1.36%-6.15%-29.87%-31.31% 3.03B
+2.44%-5.62%+0.54%-65.62% 2.71B
Average +1.36%-4.60%+11.48%-5.03% 32.56B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.20%-4.66%+11.18%-1.34%

Financials

2025 2026 *
Net sales 1,686B 10.7B 9.22B 8.32B 7.99B 14.57B 983B 15.24B 98.41B 39.43B 471B 40.14B 39.29B 1,756B 11.14B 9.61B 8.67B 8.32B 15.17B 1,024B 15.88B 103B 41.07B 491B 41.81B 40.92B
Net income 122B 774M 667M 602M 578M 1.05B 71.09B 1.1B 7.12B 2.85B 34.09B 2.9B 2.84B 134B 849M 732M 661M 634M 1.16B 78.06B 1.21B 7.82B 3.13B 37.43B 3.19B 3.12B
Net Debt -149B -944M -814M -734M -705M -1.29B -86.72B -1.34B -8.68B -3.48B -41.59B -3.54B -3.47B -186B -1.18B -1.02B -919M -882M -1.61B -109B -1.68B -10.87B -4.35B -52.06B -4.43B -4.34B
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
32,566
Date Price Change Volume
26-03-06 6,294.00 ¥ +1.12% 1,316,600
26-03-05 6,224.00 ¥ -1.94% 2,173,300
26-03-04 6,347.00 ¥ -0.87% 2,312,700
26-03-03 6,403.00 ¥ -5.06% 1,925,400
26-03-02 6,744.00 ¥ +1.05% 1,617,900
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
12
Last Close Price
6,294.00JPY
Average target price
7,598.33JPY
Spread / Average Target
+20.72%

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