Valuation Kao Corporation

Stocks

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 02:30:00 2026-06-16 EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
6,087.00 ^JPY	+0.53%		+1.53%	-2.78%

05-19	Kao Corporation, Q1 2026 Earnings Call, May 12, 2026
05-13	Kao Sells Steady, Earns Better

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	2,753,277	-	-
Change	-	-14.36%	10.38%	10.05%	-4.56%	-2.78%	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	2,643,951	2,302,274	2,543,022	2,740,482	2,751,820	2,567,695	2,529,311	2,482,868
Change	-	-12.92%	10.46%	7.76%	0.41%	-6.69%	-1.49%	-1.84%
P/E Ratio	26.1x	28.7x	61.5x	27.5x	24.1x	20.1x	18.8x	17.3x
PBR	2.96x	2.51x	2.74x	2.78x	2.66x	2.44x	2.32x	2.18x
PEG	-	-1.4x	-1.3x	0x	2x	1.3x	2.53x	2.08x
Capitalization / Revenue	2.01x	1.57x	1.76x	1.82x	1.68x	1.55x	1.5x	1.46x
EV / Revenue	1.86x	1.48x	1.66x	1.68x	1.63x	1.45x	1.38x	1.32x
EV / EBITDA	11.5x	11.5x	17x	11.7x	11x	9.27x	8.73x	8.16x
EV / EBIT	18.4x	20.9x	42.4x	18.7x	16.8x	13.7x	12.7x	11.6x
EV / FCF	24.4x	-	23.3x	25.4x	27.9x	19.9x	18.1x	16.3x
FCF Yield	4.1%	-	4.3%	3.94%	3.58%	5.03%	5.52%	6.15%
Dividend per Share ²	144	148	150	152	154	156.2	158.4	160.8
Rate of return	2.39%	2.82%	2.59%	2.38%	2.46%	2.58%	2.62%	2.66%
EPS ²	230.6	183.3	94.37	231.9	260.3	300.5	322.9	349.7
Distribution rate	62.4%	80.8%	159%	65.5%	59.2%	52%	49.1%	46%
Net sales ¹	1,418,768	1,551,059	1,532,579	1,628,448	1,688,633	1,772,546	1,833,223	1,887,314
EBITDA ¹	230,851	199,809	149,630	235,066	249,910	277,096	289,661	304,361
EBIT ¹	143,510	110,071	60,035	146,644	164,069	187,041	199,331	214,212
Net income ¹	109,636	86,038	43,870	107,767	120,081	135,880	144,893	155,850
Net Debt ¹	-208,332	-140,412	-153,183	-226,654	-80,140	-185,582	-223,967	-270,409
Reference price ²	6,019.00	5,255.00	5,800.00	6,388.00	6,261.00	6,055.00	6,055.00	6,055.00
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	473,880	464,831	464,863	464,486	452,317	452,321	-	-
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 (N)	EV / Sales (N)	EV / EBITDA (N)	Dividend Yield (N)	Capi.($)
KAO CORPORATION	20.15x	1.44x	9.21x	2.58%	17.1B
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	22.23x	4.3x	15.72x	2.83%	350B
UNILEVER PLC	16.66x	2.57x	11.37x	3.75%	127B
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY	24.55x	3.69x	15.52x	2.31%	72.48B
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED	44.84x	7.18x	31.17x	2.12%	53.6B
KENVUE INC.	19.15x	2.72x	11.25x	4.65%	35.04B
ESTEE LAUDER	87.22x	2.6x	15.82x	1.56%	32.56B
ESSITY AB	14.86x	1.5x	8.42x	3.47%	19.23B
BEIERSDORF	16.27x	1.14x	6.79x	1.44%	17.91B
GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED	50.52x	7.03x	34.47x	1.27%	11.23B
Average	31.64x	3.42x	15.98x	2.6%	73.61B
Weighted average by Cap.	25.92x	3.83x	15.60x	2.87%