Valuation: Kao Corporation

Capitalization 2,661B 16.77B 14.43B 13.19B 12.59B 23.08B 1,609B 23.46B 158B 61.25B 764B 62.94B 61.59B P/E ratio 2026 *
20x
P/E ratio 2027 * 18.3x
Enterprise value 2,465B 15.54B 13.37B 12.22B 11.66B 21.38B 1,491B 21.73B 147B 56.75B 708B 58.31B 57.06B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.4x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.34x
Free-Float
97.57%
Yield 2026 *
2.65%
Yield 2027 * 2.68%
1 day-0.17%
1 week-1.08%
Current month+0.84%
1 month-3.29%
3 months-12.97%
6 months-11.68%
Current year-6.04%
1 week 5,760
Extreme 5760
6,062
1 month 5,760
Extreme 5760
6,113
Current year 5,760
Extreme 5760
6,792
1 year 5,760
Extreme 5760
7,007
3 years 4,877
Extreme 4877
7,273
5 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
7,273
10 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
9,387
Manager TitleAgeSince
President 65 2020-12-31
Director of Finance/CFO 66 2020-12-31
Chief Administrative Officer - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 66 2023-03-23
Director/Board Member 65 2016-02-29
Director/Board Member 65 2022-03-24
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-0.17%-1.08%-6.26%+11.82% 16.77B
-0.50%-1.63%-5.25%-15.22% 222B
-1.07%-4.42%+60.17% - 46.7B
-3.74%-12.95%+22.24%-57.27% 7.42B
-6.30%-5.72%+0.58%+4.99% 5.06B
+1.73%-7.28%-27.82%-38.37% 3.33B
-0.58%-8.63%-44.20%-51.47% 3.23B
-1.78%-8.81%-31.12%-36.73% 2.76B
-3.30%+0.47%+24.21% - 2.44B
0.00%-5.28%-11.72%-62.98% 2.47B
Average -1.57%-4.66%-1.92%-30.65% 31.17B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.75%-2.48%+4.55%-15.71%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,762B 11.1B 9.55B 8.74B 8.34B 15.28B 1,065B 15.53B 105B 40.56B 506B 41.67B 40.78B 1,822B 11.48B 9.88B 9.03B 8.62B 15.8B 1,102B 16.06B 108B 41.94B 523B 43.09B 42.17B
Net income 133B 839M 722M 660M 629M 1.15B 80.45B 1.17B 7.92B 3.06B 38.19B 3.15B 3.08B 145B 912M 785M 718M 685M 1.26B 87.54B 1.28B 8.61B 3.33B 41.56B 3.42B 3.35B
Net Debt -196B -1.23B -1.06B -970M -926M -1.7B -118B -1.73B -11.64B -4.5B -56.17B -4.63B -4.53B -225B -1.42B -1.22B -1.11B -1.06B -1.95B -136B -1.98B -13.37B -5.17B -64.51B -5.32B -5.2B
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
26-05-15 5,883.00 ¥ -0.17% 1,614,200
26-05-14 5,893.00 ¥ +1.17% 1,881,900
26-05-13 5,825.00 ¥ +0.28% 2,147,600
26-05-12 5,809.00 ¥ -1.06% 1,681,000
26-05-11 5,871.00 ¥ -1.28% 1,439,800
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
5,883.00JPY
Average target price
7,325.38JPY
Spread / Average Target
+24.52%

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