Valuation Kao Corporation

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Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 02:30:00 2025-06-13 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
6,692.00 ^JPY	-0.27%		+0.24%	+4.76%

Jun. 05	Kao Ramps Up Global Push for KATE Brand With New Campaigns and Asia-Focused Expansion	MT
May. 08	Kao Corporation Provides Consolidated Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2025	CI

Company Valuation: Kao Corporation

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope

Fiscal Period: December	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027
Capitalization ¹	3,833,082	2,852,283	2,442,686	2,696,205	2,967,136	3,108,329	-	-
Change	-	-25.59%	-14.36%	10.38%	10.05%	4.76%	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	3,754,112	2,643,951	2,302,274	2,543,022	2,740,482	2,922,397	2,866,624	2,801,788
Change	-	-29.57%	-12.92%	10.46%	7.76%	6.64%	-1.91%	-2.26%
P/E ratio	30.4x	26.1x	28.7x	61.5x	27.5x	25.4x	23x	21.1x
PBR	4.15x	2.96x	2.51x	2.74x	2.78x	2.79x	2.64x	2.48x
PEG	-	-2.2x	-1.4x	-1.3x	0x	1.9x	2.2x	2.41x
Capitalization / Revenue	2.77x	2.01x	1.57x	1.76x	1.82x	1.84x	1.79x	1.74x
EV / Revenue	2.72x	1.86x	1.48x	1.66x	1.68x	1.73x	1.65x	1.57x
EV / EBITDA	14.3x	11.5x	11.5x	17x	11.7x	11.5x	10.5x	9.73x
EV / EBIT	21.4x	18.4x	20.9x	42.4x	18.7x	17.7x	15.7x	14.2x
EV / FCF	24.6x	24.4x	-	23.3x	25.4x	26.1x	22.3x	19.7x
FCF Yield	4.07%	4.1%	-	4.3%	3.94%	3.83%	4.49%	5.08%
Dividend per Share ²	140	144	148	150	152	154.2	156.8	157.7
Rate of return	1.76%	2.39%	2.82%	2.59%	2.38%	2.3%	2.34%	2.36%
EPS ²	262.3	230.6	183.3	94.37	231.9	263.3	291.1	316.7
Distribution rate	53.4%	62.4%	80.8%	159%	65.5%	58.6%	53.9%	49.8%
Net sales ¹	1,381,997	1,418,768	1,551,059	1,532,579	1,628,448	1,686,190	1,735,504	1,788,876
EBITDA ¹	261,643	230,851	199,809	149,630	235,066	254,293	272,227	287,862
EBIT ¹	175,563	143,510	110,071	60,035	146,644	165,207	182,118	196,899
Net income ¹	126,142	109,636	86,038	43,870	107,767	122,110	134,756	146,412
Net Debt ¹	-78,970	-208,332	-140,412	-153,183	-226,654	-185,932	-241,705	-306,541
Reference price ²	7,970.00	6,019.00	5,255.00	5,800.00	6,388.00	6,692.00	6,692.00	6,692.00
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	480,939	473,880	464,831	464,863	464,486	464,484	-	-
Announcement Date	2/3/21	2/3/22	2/2/23	2/7/24	2/6/25	-	-	-

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KAO CORPORATION	25.42x	1.73x	11.49x	2.3%	21.59B
L'ORÉAL	29.97x	4.44x	18.49x	1.92%	229B
GALDERMA GROUP AG	75.7x	7x	30.68x	0.2%	32.55B
SHISEIDO COMPANY, LIMITED	88.9x	1.19x	10.74x	1.64%	6.75B
AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION	23.67x	1.75x	10.92x	1.04%	6B
PROYA COSMETICS CO.,LTD.	18.05x	2.27x	11.96x	1.73%	4.56B
INTERPARFUMS, INC.	25.3x	-	-	-	4.37B
COTY INC.	-37.3x	1.3x	6.99x	-.--%	4.13B
ODDITY TECH LTD.	40.71x	4.83x	24.23x	-.--%	4.03B
SHANGHAI CHICMAX COSMETIC CO., LTD.	24.59x	2.95x	19.77x	2.94%	3.52B
Average	31.50x	3.05x	16.14x	1.31%	31.67B
Weighted average by Cap.	34.46x	4.31x	18.81x	1.71%