Valuation: Kao Corporation

Capitalization 2,808B 17.78B 15.35B 14.26B 13.32B 24.73B 1,612B 26.66B 163B 64.6B 770B 66.7B 65.33B P/E ratio 2025 *
23.3x
P/E ratio 2026 * 20.8x
Enterprise value 2,659B 16.84B 14.54B 13.51B 12.61B 23.42B 1,527B 25.25B 154B 61.18B 729B 63.16B 61.87B EV / Sales 2025 *
1.58x
EV / Sales 2026 * 1.5x
Free-Float
97.61%
Yield 2025 *
2.48%
Yield 2026 * 2.53%
More valuation ratios * Estimated data
Dynamic Chart
1 day-0.96%
1 week-0.99%
Current month-0.86%
1 month-0.93%
3 months-1.43%
6 months-6.94%
Current year-0.86%
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1 week 6,175
Extreme 6175
6,311
1 month 6,175
Extreme 6175
6,369
Current year 6,175
Extreme 6175
6,311
1 year 5,760
Extreme 5760
7,007
3 years 4,877
Extreme 4877
7,273
5 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
7,878
10 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
9,387
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Manager TitleAgeSince
President 65 2020-12-31
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 65 2016-02-29
Director/Board Member 65 2022-03-24
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Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-0.96%-0.99%+6.16%+20.17% 17.77B
-0.59%-0.26%+12.05%-0.56% 238B
+0.82%-3.69%+46.37% - 47.06B
-2.55%+10.85%+2.93%-57.09% 6.75B
+0.91%+3.41%-29.11%+67.83% 5.37B
+1.34%+1.85%-2.57%-15.99% 5.13B
+0.47%+0.98%-15.02%-41.76% 3.96B
-3.14%+2.49%+105.70%+162.70% 3.77B
-0.54%+1.75%-35.11%-18.75% 2.88B
-3.79%-4.39%-57.28%-67.96% 2.67B
Average -0.80%+1.10%+3.41%+5.40% 33.36B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.44%-0.45%+15.28%+1.17%
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Financials

2025 *2026 *
Net sales 1,686B 10.67B 9.22B 8.56B 8B 14.85B 968B 16.01B 97.91B 38.79B 462B 40.05B 39.23B 1,743B 11.04B 9.53B 8.85B 8.27B 15.35B 1,001B 16.55B 101B 40.1B 478B 41.4B 40.55B
Net income 122B 772M 667M 619M 578M 1.07B 70.03B 1.16B 7.08B 2.81B 33.43B 2.9B 2.84B 134B 851M 735M 683M 638M 1.18B 77.18B 1.28B 7.8B 3.09B 36.84B 3.19B 3.13B
Net Debt -149B -942M -813M -756M -706M -1.31B -85.42B -1.41B -8.64B -3.42B -40.78B -3.53B -3.46B -192B -1.21B -1.05B -973M -909M -1.69B -110B -1.82B -11.13B -4.41B -52.53B -4.55B -4.46B
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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
32,566
More about the company
Date Price Change Volume
26-01-16 6,207.00 ¥ -0.96% 1,766,900
26-01-15 6,267.00 ¥ +0.29% 2,005,900
26-01-14 6,249.00 ¥ -0.10% 1,685,200
26-01-13 6,255.00 ¥ -0.22% 1,901,100

Delayed Quote Japan Exchange, January 16, 2026 at 01:30 am EST

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Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
12
Last Close Price
6,207.00JPY
Average target price
7,495.00JPY
Spread / Average Target
+20.75%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise