Valuation Kao Corporation

Stocks

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 02:30:00 2026-07-27 EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
3,284.00 ^JPY	+1.89%		-0.73%	+4.90%

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	2,970,827	-	-
Change	-	-14.36%	10.38%	10.05%	-4.56%	4.9%	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	2,643,951	2,302,274	2,543,022	2,740,482	2,751,820	2,786,181	2,763,054	2,718,610
Change	-	-12.92%	10.46%	7.76%	0.41%	1.25%	-0.83%	-1.61%
P/E	26.1x	28.7x	61.5x	27.5x	24.1x	21.8x	20.3x	18.7x
PBR	2.96x	2.51x	2.74x	2.78x	2.66x	2.65x	2.51x	2.36x
PEG	-	-1.4x	-1.3x	0x	2x	1.4x	2.81x	2.15x
Capitalization / Revenue	2.01x	1.57x	1.76x	1.82x	1.68x	1.67x	1.61x	1.56x
EV / Revenue	1.86x	1.48x	1.66x	1.68x	1.63x	1.57x	1.5x	1.43x
EV / EBITDA	11.5x	11.5x	17x	11.7x	11x	10x	9.54x	8.86x
EV / EBIT	18.4x	20.9x	42.4x	18.7x	16.8x	14.9x	13.8x	12.6x
EV / FCF	24.4x	-	23.3x	25.4x	27.9x	21.6x	19.8x	17.7x
FCF Yield	4.1%	-	4.3%	3.94%	3.58%	4.63%	5.06%	5.66%
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%	2.38%	2.41%	2.45%
EPS ²	115.3	91.64	47.18	116	130.2	151	161.9	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	1,778,554	1,845,391	1,903,987
EBITDA ¹	230,851	199,809	149,630	235,066	249,910	278,407	289,768	306,934
EBIT ¹	143,510	110,071	60,035	146,644	164,069	186,562	199,594	215,225
Net income ¹	109,636	86,038	43,870	107,767	120,081	136,206	145,128	156,616
Net Debt ¹	-208,332	-140,412	-153,183	-226,654	-80,140	-184,646	-207,773	-252,217
Reference price ²	3,009.50	2,627.50	2,900.00	3,194.00	3,130.50	3,284.00	3,284.00	3,284.00
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	947,760	929,661	929,726	928,972	904,635	904,637	-	-
Announcement Date	2/3/22	2/2/23	2/7/24	2/6/25	2/5/26	-	-	-

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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	21.35x	1.54x	9.81x	2.42%	17.81B
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	21.71x	4.22x	15.46x	2.89%	343B
UNILEVER PLC	17.65x	2.69x	11.91x	3.56%	131B
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY	24.62x	3.7x	15.54x	2.32%	72.62B
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED	44.63x	7.16x	31.07x	2.11%	52.33B
KENVUE INC.	20.23x	2.84x	11.79x	4.4%	37.02B
ESTEE LAUDER	77.99x	2.32x	13.97x	1.75%	29.05B
ESSITY AB	15.97x	1.53x	8.71x	3.32%	19.31B
BEIERSDORF	17.99x	1.3x	7.75x	1.31%	19.29B
GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED	44.98x	6.51x	31.11x	1.6%	11.26B
Average	30.71x	3.38x	15.71x	2.57%	73.34B
Weighted average by Cap.	25.16x	3.78x	15.43x	2.87%