Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,115B 20.08B 17.4B 16.45B 14.89B 27.95B 1,926B 28.16B 196B 75.52B 977B 75.43B 73.76B P/E 2026 *
22.2x
P/E 2027 * 20.7x
Enterprise Value 2,927B 18.87B 16.34B 15.45B 13.99B 26.26B 1,810B 26.45B 184B 70.95B 918B 70.87B 69.3B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.62x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.54x
Free-Float
97.69%
Yield 2026 *
2.27%
Yield 2027 * 2.31%
1 day-0.35%
1 week-0.35%
Current month-5.44%
1 month-2.55%
3 months+13.93%
6 months+11.68%
Current year+9.98%
1 week 3,360
Extreme 3360
3,499
1 month 3,360
Extreme 3360
3,699
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.($)
-0.35%-0.35%+2.08%+22.18% 20.22B
+0.23%+0.81%-6.42%-4.37% 339B
-1.18%-1.15%-10.05%+0.54% 136B
-0.95%-1.37%+6.17%+19.17% 70.06B
+0.58%-1.12%-24.89%-22.50% 47.24B
-1.47%-4.60%+11.00%-37.69% 35.54B
-0.42%-3.02%-2.27%-15.95% 34.4B
-0.35%-2.54%-21.30%-39.08% 18.81B
-1.24%-1.79%+5.90%+8.56% 18.54B
-0.92%-0.57%-31.42%-14.86% 9.23B
Average -0.60%-1.64%-7.12%-8.40% 72.98B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.29%-0.87%-6.19%-4.50%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,806B 11.65B 10.09B 9.54B 8.64B 16.21B 1,117B 16.33B 114B 43.79B 566B 43.74B 42.77B 1,874B 12.08B 10.46B 9.89B 8.96B 16.81B 1,159B 16.94B 118B 45.42B 588B 45.37B 44.37B
Net income 139B 893M 773M 731M 662M 1.24B 85.66B 1.25B 8.73B 3.36B 43.43B 3.35B 3.28B 148B 953M 826M 781M 707M 1.33B 91.46B 1.34B 9.32B 3.59B 46.37B 3.58B 3.5B
Net Debt -189B -1.22B -1.05B -996M -901M -1.69B -117B -1.7B -11.88B -4.57B -59.12B -4.57B -4.46B -225B -1.45B -1.25B -1.19B -1.07B -2.01B -139B -2.03B -14.15B -5.44B -70.41B -5.44B -5.32B
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
15/09/26 JP¥3,443.00 -0.35% 1,951,800
14/09/26 JP¥3,455.00 +2.01% 2,130,400
11/09/26 JP¥3,387.00 -1.51% 3,334,100
10/09/26 JP¥3,439.00 +0.76% 2,825,600
09/09/26 JP¥3,413.00 -0.87% 3,446,300
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,443.00JPY
Average target price
4,038.46JPY
Spread / Average Target
+17.29%

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