Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,368B 21.33B 18.96B 17.57B 15.99B 30.17B 2,024B 30.65B 211B 82.82B 1,056B 80.05B 78.34B P/E 2026 *
24.1x
P/E 2027 * 22.3x
Enterprise Value 3,178B 20.13B 17.89B 16.59B 15.09B 28.48B 1,911B 28.93B 199B 78.17B 997B 75.55B 73.94B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.76x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.68x
Free-Float
97.78%
Yield 2026 *
2.1%
Yield 2027 * 2.14%

Last Transcript: Kao Corporation

1 day+0.39%
1 week+4.69%
Current month+6.25%
1 month+5.53%
3 months+16.37%
6 months+23.80%
Current year+18.34%
1 week 7.34
Extreme 7.3375
7.97
1 month 6.91
Extreme 6.9101
7.97
Current year 5.95
Extreme 5.95
7.97
1 year 5.95
Extreme 5.95
7.97
3 years 5.85
Extreme 5.85
8.47
5 years 5.49
Extreme 5.49175
9.75
10 years 5.49
Extreme 5.49175
14.58
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 66 31/03/1990
Director of Finance/CFO 66 31/12/2020
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 66 23/03/2023
Director/Board Member 66 29/02/2016
Director/Board Member 65 24/03/2022
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+0.39%+4.69% - - 21.33B
+1.45%+5.37%+5.25%+8.95% 370B
+0.14%+6.87%+4.29%+5.16% 244B
+1.03%+6.26%-5.38%+11.04% 143B
+1.55%+6.62%+18.95%+30.56% 75.02B
+2.27%+6.73%+28.60% - 49.83B
-0.17%+2.00%-27.27%-25.91% 46.88B
-2.47%+6.62%+3.73%-26.73% 37.82B
+1.29%+6.84%+23.68%-4.40% 36.32B
+1.44%+8.18%-13.07%-13.30% 35.11B
Average +0.69%+5.98%+4.31%-1.83% 115.31B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.90%+5.98%+4.18%+5.66%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,806B 11.44B 10.17B 9.42B 8.57B 16.18B 1,085B 16.44B 113B 44.41B 566B 42.92B 42.01B 1,871B 11.85B 10.53B 9.76B 8.88B 16.76B 1,124B 17.03B 117B 46.01B 587B 44.47B 43.52B
Net income 139B 877M 780M 723M 658M 1.24B 83.27B 1.26B 8.69B 3.41B 43.45B 3.29B 3.22B 149B 942M 838M 776M 706M 1.33B 89.44B 1.35B 9.33B 3.66B 46.67B 3.54B 3.46B
Net Debt -189B -1.2B -1.07B -987M -898M -1.7B -114B -1.72B -11.87B -4.65B -59.35B -4.5B -4.4B -226B -1.43B -1.27B -1.18B -1.07B -2.03B -136B -2.06B -14.19B -5.56B -70.95B -5.38B -5.26B
Projected Income Statement - Annual - Kao Corporation
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
16/10/26 US$7.820 +0.39% 171,839
15/10/26 US$7.790 +2.10% 45,669
14/10/26 US$7.630 +0.79% 73,831
13/10/26 US$7.570 +1.07% 76,343
12/10/26 US$7.490 +0.27% 58,310
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
MarketScreener Ratings - Kao Corporation
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
14
Last Close Price
3,722.00JPY
Average target price
4,112.86JPY
Spread / Average Target
+10.50%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

Rate of surprise - Net sales - Quarterly - Kao Corporation