Valuation Kao Corporation

Stocks

Delayed Japan Exchange Other stock markets 00:24:08 2026-07-07 EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
3,299.00 ^JPY	-0.84%		+2.33%	+5.35%

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	3,009,743	-	-
Change	-	-14.36%	10.38%	10.05%	-4.56%	6.28%	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	2,643,951	2,302,274	2,543,022	2,740,482	2,751,820	2,825,097	2,788,076	2,741,605
Change	-	-12.92%	10.46%	7.76%	0.41%	2.66%	-1.31%	-1.67%
P/E	26.1x	28.7x	61.5x	27.5x	24.1x	22x	20.6x	18.9x
PBR	2.96x	2.51x	2.74x	2.78x	2.66x	2.69x	2.55x	2.39x
PEG	-	-1.4x	-1.3x	0x	2x	1.4x	2.93x	2.15x
Capitalization / Revenue	2.01x	1.57x	1.76x	1.82x	1.68x	1.69x	1.63x	1.58x
EV / Revenue	1.86x	1.48x	1.66x	1.68x	1.63x	1.59x	1.51x	1.44x
EV / EBITDA	11.5x	11.5x	17x	11.7x	11x	10.1x	9.63x	8.98x
EV / EBIT	18.4x	20.9x	42.4x	18.7x	16.8x	15.1x	14x	12.7x
EV / FCF	24.4x	-	23.3x	25.4x	27.9x	21.9x	19.9x	17.8x
FCF Yield	4.1%	-	4.3%	3.94%	3.58%	4.56%	5.01%	5.61%
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%	2.35%	2.38%	2.42%
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	3,327.00	3,327.00	3,327.00
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	947,760	929,661	929,726	928,972	904,635	904,642	-	-
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	20.15x	1.57x	10.02x	2.57%	18.54B
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	22.3x	4.32x	15.82x	2.82%	348B
UNILEVER PLC	17.78x	2.71x	12.01x	3.55%	132B
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY	25.78x	3.86x	16.23x	2.23%	74.73B
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED	45.78x	7.34x	31.87x	2.06%	54.24B
KENVUE INC.	20.81x	2.91x	12.06x	4.28%	37.56B
ESTEE LAUDER	81.12x	2.44x	14.83x	1.68%	30.72B
ESSITY AB	15.63x	1.56x	8.75x	3.3%	19.4B
BEIERSDORF	17.75x	1.27x	7.61x	1.33%	18.87B
GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED	52.47x	7.3x	35.77x	1.22%	11.81B
Average	31.96x	3.53x	16.50x	2.5%	74.51B
Weighted average by Cap.	26.04x	3.89x	15.91x	2.8%