Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,218B 20.32B 18.15B 16.87B 15.36B 28.97B 1,967B 29.11B 202B 79.33B 1,002B 76.37B 74.69B P/E 2026 *
23x
P/E 2027 * 21.3x
Enterprise Value 3,029B 19.13B 17.08B 15.88B 14.46B 27.26B 1,852B 27.39B 190B 74.67B 943B 71.88B 70.3B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.68x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.6x
Free-Float
97.78%
Yield 2026 *
2.2%
Yield 2027 * 2.24%

Last Transcript: Kao Corporation

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.($)
-0.76%-.--% - - 20.13B
+0.42%+5.06%+0.36%+4.96% 350B
+1.91%+2.54%-0.50%-3.30% 223B
+1.03%+3.99%-5.00%+5.83% 132B
+0.19%+4.42%+13.17%+27.14% 70.23B
+1.32%+2.58%+11.38% - 45.57B
+0.66%+1.13%-25.73%-25.71% 44.75B
+3.95%+8.71%+2.39%-32.50% 34.12B
-0.17%+2.79%+10.07%-11.81% 34.06B
-0.15%+3.44%-18.42%-17.86% 32.51B
Average +0.84%+2.29%-1.37%-6.66% 107.29B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.93%+2.83%-0.55%+0.47%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,806B 11.4B 10.18B 9.47B 8.62B 16.25B 1,104B 16.33B 113B 44.51B 562B 42.85B 41.91B 1,871B 11.81B 10.55B 9.81B 8.93B 16.84B 1,143B 16.92B 117B 46.11B 582B 44.39B 43.42B
Net income 139B 875M 781M 726M 661M 1.25B 84.67B 1.25B 8.68B 3.41B 43.12B 3.29B 3.21B 149B 940M 839M 780M 710M 1.34B 90.94B 1.35B 9.32B 3.67B 46.31B 3.53B 3.45B
Net Debt -189B -1.19B -1.07B -992M -903M -1.7B -116B -1.71B -11.85B -4.66B -58.89B -4.49B -4.39B -226B -1.43B -1.28B -1.19B -1.08B -2.04B -138B -2.05B -14.17B -5.58B -70.4B -5.37B -5.25B
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.
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