Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,197B 20.09B 17.35B 16.3B 14.83B 27.88B 1,921B 28.34B 191B 74.69B 962B 75.42B 73.78B P/E 2026 *
23.1x
P/E 2027 * 21.8x
Enterprise Value 3,024B 19.01B 16.41B 15.42B 14.03B 26.37B 1,817B 26.81B 181B 70.67B 910B 71.36B 69.81B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.7x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.62x
Free-Float
97.57%
Yield 2026 *
2.21%
Yield 2027 * 2.24%
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%-.--% - - 20.09B
+0.20%-0.85%-6.36%-5.65% 336B
-0.84%-1.72%-9.02%+1.07% 134B
-1.05%-1.42%+8.09%+23.56% 73.3B
-0.72%-0.91%-16.27%-18.01% 51.04B
0.00%-0.16%-9.43%-16.27% 36.88B
-1.40%-2.55%-5.35%-46.89% 31.15B
-0.67%-3.31%+6.61%+22.50% 20.09B
+0.29%-1.42%+12.36%+7.37% 19.82B
-0.33%-3.55%-23.06%-34.81% 19.77B
Average -0.53%-1.48%-4.72%-7.46% 80.22B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.31%-1.57%-5.78%-4.29%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,776B 11.16B 9.64B 9.06B 8.24B 15.49B 1,067B 15.74B 106B 41.5B 534B 41.9B 40.99B 1,847B 11.61B 10.03B 9.42B 8.57B 16.11B 1,110B 16.38B 110B 43.16B 556B 43.58B 42.64B
Net income 134B 841M 727M 683M 621M 1.17B 80.44B 1.19B 8B 3.13B 40.28B 3.16B 3.09B 145B 912M 787M 740M 673M 1.26B 87.16B 1.29B 8.67B 3.39B 43.65B 3.42B 3.35B
Net Debt -172B -1.08B -935M -878M -799M -1.5B -104B -1.53B -10.29B -4.02B -51.83B -4.06B -3.98B -203B -1.28B -1.1B -1.04B -943M -1.77B -122B -1.8B -12.15B -4.75B -61.17B -4.8B -4.69B
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
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Trader
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