Valuation: Kao Corporation

Capitalization 2,690B 17.18B 14.59B 13.35B 12.6B 23.51B 1,622B 23.72B 158B 61.75B 779B 64.44B 63.08B P/E ratio 2026 *
20.4x
P/E ratio 2027 * 18.3x
Enterprise value 2,507B 16.01B 13.6B 12.45B 11.75B 21.91B 1,512B 22.11B 148B 57.56B 726B 60.06B 58.79B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.42x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.36x
Free-Float
97.56%
Yield 2026 *
2.63%
Yield 2027 * 2.65%
1 day-0.73%
1 week+1.45%
Current month+1.94%
1 month-3.27%
3 months-9.03%
6 months-8.87%
Current year-5.02%
1 week 5,845
Extreme 5845
6,037
1 month 5,792
Extreme 5792
6,125
Current year 5,792
Extreme 5792
6,792
1 year 5,792
Extreme 5792
7,007
3 years 4,877
Extreme 4877
7,273
5 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
7,273
10 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
9,387
Manager TitleAgeSince
President 65 31/12/2020
Director of Finance/CFO 66 31/12/2020
Chief Administrative Officer - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 66 28/02/2023
Director/Board Member 66 23/03/2023
Director/Board Member 61 28/02/2025
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-0.73%+1.45%-7.53%+9.04% 17.18B
-1.09%-0.83%-5.27%-14.12% 228B
-2.15%+0.06%+64.31% - 49.45B
+1.99%+7.18%+36.85%-49.25% 8.64B
-0.38%-4.36%+3.11%+11.74% 5.51B
-1.51%+0.61%-8.95%-29.68% 3.59B
-0.29%-0.74%-36.33%-44.63% 3.54B
+0.61%+3.00%-20.59%-29.67% 3.03B
+0.57%+2.91%-4.17%-60.68% 2.61B
-4.58%+1.91%-30.43%+91.98% 2.44B
Average -0.76%+0.95%-0.90%-12.81% 32.4B
Weighted average by Cap. -1.13%-0.33%+5.79%-13.53%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,761B 11.25B 9.56B 8.74B 8.25B 15.4B 1,062B 15.53B 104B 40.44B 510B 42.19B 41.31B 1,820B 11.62B 9.87B 9.04B 8.53B 15.91B 1,098B 16.05B 107B 41.78B 527B 43.6B 42.68B
Net income 132B 843M 716M 655M 618M 1.15B 79.57B 1.16B 7.77B 3.03B 38.22B 3.16B 3.09B 146B 932M 791M 724M 684M 1.28B 87.98B 1.29B 8.59B 3.35B 42.26B 3.49B 3.42B
Net Debt -183B -1.17B -991M -907M -856M -1.6B -110B -1.61B -10.76B -4.2B -52.94B -4.38B -4.29B -223B -1.43B -1.21B -1.11B -1.05B -1.95B -135B -1.97B -13.16B -5.13B -64.73B -5.35B -5.24B
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
08/05/26 5,947.00 ¥ -0.73% 1,766,000
07/05/26 5,991.00 ¥ +2.20% 2,243,500
01/05/26 5,862.00 ¥ +0.48% 1,188,500
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
5,947.00JPY
Average target price
7,371.54JPY
Spread / Average Target
+23.95%

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