Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,160B 19.83B 17.12B 16.06B 14.63B 27.51B 1,896B 27.89B 188B 73.79B 950B 74.46B 72.85B P/E 2026 *
22.9x
P/E 2027 * 21.6x
Enterprise Value 2,988B 18.75B 16.19B 15.19B 13.83B 26.01B 1,793B 26.37B 178B 69.77B 898B 70.4B 68.88B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.67x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.6x
Free-Float
97.57%
Yield 2026 *
2.24%
Yield 2027 * 2.27%
1 day-1.13%
1 week-4.41%
Current month+6.88%
1 month+6.33%
3 months+18.75%
6 months+5.83%
Current year+11.58%
1 week 3,485
Extreme 3485
3,757
1 month 3,140
Extreme 3140
3,782
Current year 2,880
Extreme 2880
3,782
1 year 2,880
Extreme 2880
3,782
3 years 2,620
Extreme 2620
3,782
5 years 2,331.5
Extreme 2331.5
3,782
10 years 2,331.5
Extreme 2331.5
4,693.5
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 66 01/04/1990
Director of Finance/CFO 66 01/01/2021
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 66 24/03/2023
Director/Board Member 66 01/03/2016
Director/Board Member 65 25/03/2022
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-1.13%-4.41%+5.40%+21.12% 20.09B
-0.55%-2.26%-8.09%-5.90% 336B
-1.68%-3.37%-10.55%-0.63% 134B
-1.58%-3.13%+7.09%+21.93% 73.3B
-1.06%-1.96%-17.16%-19.49% 51.04B
-1.12%-1.16%-10.85%-17.43% 36.88B
-2.07%-3.20%-6.99%-47.92% 31.15B
-3.52%-4.89%+8.40%+3.59% 19.82B
-2.66%-6.11%-25.11%-36.55% 19.77B
-0.67%-11.62%-21.68%-10.90% 10B
Average -1.62%-2.69%-7.95%-9.22% 73.19B
Weighted average by Cap. -1.19%-1.40%-7.57%-5.36%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,787B 11.22B 9.68B 9.08B 8.27B 15.56B 1,072B 15.77B 106B 41.73B 537B 42.11B 41.2B 1,850B 11.61B 10.02B 9.4B 8.56B 16.1B 1,110B 16.33B 110B 43.19B 556B 43.59B 42.64B
Net income 134B 841M 726M 682M 621M 1.17B 80.46B 1.18B 7.99B 3.13B 40.31B 3.16B 3.09B 145B 911M 787M 738M 672M 1.26B 87.13B 1.28B 8.65B 3.39B 43.65B 3.42B 3.35B
Net Debt -172B -1.08B -933M -876M -797M -1.5B -103B -1.52B -10.26B -4.02B -51.78B -4.06B -3.97B -204B -1.28B -1.1B -1.04B -943M -1.77B -122B -1.8B -12.14B -4.76B -61.24B -4.8B -4.7B
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
17/08/26 JP¥3,493.00 -1.13% 2,223,000
14/08/26 JP¥3,533.00 -0.67% 3,774,500
13/08/26 JP¥3,557.00 -3.58% 5,103,400
12/08/26 JP¥3,689.00 -1.31% 4,599,000
10/08/26 JP¥3,738.00 +2.30% 5,064,700
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,493.00JPY
Average target price
3,700.00JPY
Spread / Average Target
+5.93%

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