Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 2,884B 18.28B 15.83B 14.76B 13.59B 25.61B 1,739B 25.92B 172B 67.93B 872B 68.7B 67.19B P/E 2026 *
20.8x
P/E 2027 * 19.7x
Enterprise Value 2,697B 17.09B 14.8B 13.8B 12.7B 23.95B 1,626B 24.24B 161B 63.51B 815B 64.23B 62.82B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.52x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.45x
Free-Float
97.57%
Yield 2026 *
2.45%
Yield 2027 * 2.49%
1 day-0.87%
1 week-3.98%
Current month-2.45%
1 month-3.07%
3 months+8.77%
6 months+0.54%
Current year+1.84%
1 week 3,140
Extreme 3140
3,418
1 month 3,140
Extreme 3140
3,445
Current year 2,880
Extreme 2880
3,445
1 year 2,880
Extreme 2880
3,503.5
3 years 2,620
Extreme 2620
3,636.5
5 years 2,331.5
Extreme 2331.5
3,636.5
10 years 2,331.5
Extreme 2331.5
4,693.5
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.($)
-0.87%-3.98%-7.03%+14.72% 18.47B
-0.82%-1.40%-2.63%-5.46% 345B
+0.54%-4.48%-5.61%+3.74% 137B
+0.81%+0.59%+11.90%+22.32% 73.76B
-0.53%+3.09%-18.02%-18.10% 51.78B
+0.61%-0.41%-11.32%-16.40% 37.54B
-0.01%+2.61%-5.99%-49.04% 31.47B
+5.12%+1.99%-24.17%-31.21% 19.68B
+1.98%+0.75%+17.11%+10.86% 19.68B
+1.02%+0.20%-14.44%+5.06% 11.38B
Average +0.80%-1.06%-6.02%-6.35% 74.59B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.04%-1.97%-3.73%-3.87%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,774B 11.24B 9.73B 9.08B 8.35B 15.75B 1,069B 15.94B 106B 41.77B 536B 42.24B 41.31B 1,845B 11.7B 10.13B 9.44B 8.69B 16.39B 1,112B 16.59B 110B 43.46B 558B 43.95B 42.98B
Net income 138B 872M 755M 704M 648M 1.22B 82.98B 1.24B 8.21B 3.24B 41.61B 3.28B 3.21B 145B 920M 796M 743M 684M 1.29B 87.49B 1.3B 8.66B 3.42B 43.87B 3.46B 3.38B
Net Debt -188B -1.19B -1.03B -960M -884M -1.67B -113B -1.69B -11.19B -4.42B -56.71B -4.47B -4.37B -211B -1.34B -1.16B -1.08B -996M -1.88B -127B -1.9B -12.61B -4.98B -63.9B -5.03B -4.92B
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
31,514
Date Price Change Volume
26-08-05 ¥3,188.00 -0.87% 2,981,000
26-08-04 ¥3,216.00 +0.25% 2,365,200
26-08-03 ¥3,208.00 -1.84% 3,792,000
26-07-31 ¥3,268.00 -3.43% 3,932,100
26-07-30 ¥3,384.00 -1.02% 3,345,500
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,188.00JPY
Average target price
3,696.15JPY
Spread / Average Target
+15.94%

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