Valuation: Kao Corporation

Market Cap 2,970B 18.31B 15.97B 14.74B 13.54B 25.7B 1,765B 26.16B 174B 68.84B 863B 68.78B 67.25B P/E 2026 *
21.7x
P/E 2027 * 20.3x
Enterprise Value 2,785B 17.17B 14.98B 13.83B 12.7B 24.1B 1,655B 24.54B 163B 64.56B 810B 64.51B 63.07B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.57x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.5x
Free-Float
97.57%
Yield 2026 *
2.38%
Yield 2027 * 2.42%
Current month-11.14%
Current year-11.14%
3 years 5.58
Extreme 5.5833
6.88
5 years 5.38
Extreme 5.375
7.6
10 years 5.38
Extreme 5.375
7.6
Manager TitleAgeSince
President 66 31/12/2020
Director of Finance/CFO 66 31/12/2020
Chief Administrative 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.($)
0.00%0.00% - - 18.32B
+1.35%-3.08%-3.71%-1.33% 340B
-0.12%-2.78%-10.79%+1.49% 132B
+0.48%-3.75%+2.95%+19.66% 72.84B
-0.83%-4.81%-16.45%-21.45% 51.86B
-0.32%-5.46%-14.30%-25.02% 36.02B
+1.79%-2.52%-8.13%-57.49% 29.25B
+0.11%-1.10%+5.88%-0.64% 19.62B
+0.87%+0.64%-27.80%-32.74% 19.51B
-0.84%-4.06%-16.89%-0.96% 11.31B
Average +0.25%-3.26%-9.91%-13.17% 79.14B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.66%-3.83%-6.59%-4.47%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,779B 10.97B 9.57B 8.83B 8.11B 15.4B 1,057B 15.67B 104B 41.24B 517B 41.2B 40.29B 1,846B 11.38B 9.93B 9.16B 8.42B 15.97B 1,097B 16.26B 108B 42.78B 536B 42.74B 41.79B
Net income 136B 840M 733M 677M 622M 1.18B 81.01B 1.2B 7.99B 3.16B 39.63B 3.16B 3.09B 145B 894M 780M 720M 661M 1.25B 86.16B 1.28B 8.5B 3.36B 42.15B 3.36B 3.28B
Net Debt -185B -1.14B -993M -917M -842M -1.6B -110B -1.63B -10.82B -4.28B -53.68B -4.28B -4.18B -208B -1.28B -1.12B -1.03B -947M -1.8B -123B -1.83B -12.18B -4.82B -60.4B -4.81B -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
15/07/26 €5.850 0.00% 0
14/07/26 €5.850 0.00% 0
13/07/26 €5.850 0.00% 0
10/07/26 €5.850 -1.68% 0
09/07/26 €5.950 -1.65% 0
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,283.00JPY
Average target price
3,680.77JPY
Spread / Average Target
+12.12%

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