Valuation: Kao Corporation

Capitalization 2,867B 18.33B 15.74B 14.72B 13.75B 25.38B 1,648B 27.61B 171B 66.51B 781B 68.8B 67.34B P/E ratio 2025 *
23.7x
P/E ratio 2026 * 21.2x
Enterprise value 2,737B 17.51B 15.03B 14.06B 13.13B 24.23B 1,574B 26.37B 163B 63.51B 746B 65.7B 64.3B EV / Sales 2025 *
1.63x
EV / Sales 2026 * 1.54x
Free-Float
97.61%
Yield 2025 *
2.43%
Yield 2026 * 2.48%
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Dynamic Chart
1 day-0.96%
1 week+0.92%
Current month-0.59%
1 month-5.04%
3 months-6.87%
6 months-7.01%
Current year-1.74%
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1 week 6,175
Extreme 6175
6,358
1 month 6,175
Extreme 6175
6,673
Current year 5,760
Extreme 5760
7,007
1 year 5,760
Extreme 5760
7,007
3 years 4,877
Extreme 4877
7,273
5 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
8,066
10 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
9,387
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Manager TitleAgeSince
President 65 31/12/2020
Director of Finance/CFO 65 31/12/2020
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 65 23/03/2023
Director/Board Member 65 29/02/2016
Director/Board Member 65 24/03/2022
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Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-0.96%+0.92%-5.89%+14.73% 18.33B
+0.11%+0.69%+8.74%+6.19% 230B
-2.00%+0.49%+82.39% - 49.61B
+2.07%+1.09%-17.13%-64.71% 5.8B
-0.57%-3.12%+13.68%-13.05% 5.15B
+1.55%-2.18%-42.86%+46.08% 4.69B
-2.11%-4.40%+131.40% - 4.37B
-0.66%-3.12%-27.07%-41.29% 3.79B
+2.12%-2.03%-56.52%-57.29% 2.95B
+1.27%+0.98%-40.16%-14.45% 2.66B
Average +0.08%+0.55%+4.66%-15.47% 32.76B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.21%+0.85%+18.20%+4.04%
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Financials

2025 *2026 *
Net sales 1,682B 10.76B 9.24B 8.64B 8.07B 14.89B 967B 16.2B 100B 39.03B 458B 40.38B 39.52B 1,740B 11.12B 9.55B 8.93B 8.35B 15.4B 1T 16.75B 104B 40.36B 474B 41.75B 40.86B
Net income 122B 783M 672M 629M 587M 1.08B 70.35B 1.18B 7.29B 2.84B 33.35B 2.94B 2.88B 135B 863M 741M 693M 647M 1.19B 77.57B 1.3B 8.04B 3.13B 36.77B 3.24B 3.17B
Net Debt -129B -827M -710M -664M -621M -1.14B -74.36B -1.25B -7.7B -3B -35.25B -3.1B -3.04B -183B -1.17B -1B -939M -877M -1.62B -105B -1.76B -10.89B -4.24B -49.82B -4.39B -4.3B
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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
32,566
Calendar
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Date Price Change Volume
11/12/25 6,277.00 ¥ -0.96% 1,230,500
10/12/25 6,338.00 ¥ +1.78% 1,887,500
09/12/25 6,227.00 ¥ -0.05% 1,334,700
08/12/25 6,230.00 ¥ +0.14% 1,509,900
05/12/25 6,221.00 ¥ +0.02% 1,637,600

Delayed Quote Japan Exchange, December 11, 2025 at 06:30 am

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Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
12
Last Close Price
6,338.00JPY
Average target price
7,650.00JPY
Spread / Average Target
+20.70%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise