Valuation Kao Corporation

Stocks

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 07:30:00 17/07/2026 BST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
3,308.00 ^JPY	+0.70%		+2.76%	+5.67%

06-26	Jefferies Upgrades Kao to Buy From Hold, Adjusts Price Target to 7,500 Yen From 7,200 Yen	MT
05-19	Kao Corporation, Q1 2026 Earnings Call, May 12, 2026

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
Market Cap ¹	2,852,283	2,442,686	2,696,205	2,967,136	2,831,960	2,992,538	-	-
Change	-	-14.36%	10.38%	10.05%	-4.56%	5.67%	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	2,643,951	2,302,274	2,543,022	2,740,482	2,751,820	2,807,892	2,784,766	2,740,321
Change	-	-12.92%	10.46%	7.76%	0.41%	2.04%	-0.82%	-1.6%
P/E	26.1x	28.7x	61.5x	27.5x	24.1x	21.9x	20.4x	18.8x
PBR	2.96x	2.51x	2.74x	2.78x	2.66x	2.67x	2.53x	2.38x
PEG	-	-1.4x	-1.3x	0x	2x	1.4x	2.82x	2.16x
Capitalization / Revenue	2.01x	1.57x	1.76x	1.82x	1.68x	1.68x	1.62x	1.57x
EV / Revenue	1.86x	1.48x	1.66x	1.68x	1.63x	1.58x	1.51x	1.44x
EV / EBITDA	11.5x	11.5x	17x	11.7x	11x	10.1x	9.61x	8.93x
EV / EBIT	18.4x	20.9x	42.4x	18.7x	16.8x	15.1x	14x	12.7x
EV / FCF	24.4x	-	23.3x	25.4x	27.9x	21.8x	19.9x	17.8x
FCF Yield	4.1%	-	4.3%	3.94%	3.58%	4.59%	5.02%	5.61%
Dividend per Share ²	72	74	75	76	77	78.08	79.29	80.41
Rate of return	2.39%	2.82%	2.59%	2.38%	2.46%	2.36%	2.4%	2.43%
EPS ²	115.3	91.64	47.18	116	130.2	151	161.9	176
Distribution rate	62.4%	80.8%	159%	65.5%	59.2%	51.7%	49%	45.7%
Net sales ¹	1,418,768	1,551,059	1,532,579	1,628,448	1,688,633	1,778,554	1,845,391	1,903,987
EBITDA ¹	230,851	199,809	149,630	235,066	249,910	278,407	289,768	306,934
EBIT ¹	143,510	110,071	60,035	146,644	164,069	186,562	199,594	215,225
Net income ¹	109,636	86,038	43,870	107,767	120,081	136,206	145,128	156,616
Net Debt ¹	-208,332	-140,412	-153,183	-226,654	-80,140	-184,646	-207,773	-252,217
Reference price ²	3,009.50	2,627.50	2,900.00	3,194.00	3,130.50	3,308.00	3,308.00	3,308.00
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	947,760	929,661	929,726	928,972	904,635	904,637	-	-
Announcement Date	03/02/22	02/02/23	07/02/24	06/02/25	05/02/26	-	-	-

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Estimates

Add to a list 0 selected To use this feature you must be a member Log in Sign up	P/E (Y)	EV / Sales (Y)	EV / EBITDA (Y)	Dividend Yield (Y)	Capi.($)
KAO CORPORATION	21.91x	1.58x	10.09x	2.36%	18.43B
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	22.09x	4.29x	15.71x	2.84%	349B
UNILEVER PLC	18.12x	2.74x	12.13x	3.45%	135B
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY	26.19x	3.78x	15.89x	2.29%	74.4B
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED	44.61x	7.15x	31.05x	2.11%	52.31B
KENVUE INC.	19.92x	2.81x	11.64x	4.47%	36.44B
ESTEE LAUDER	79.78x	2.36x	14.24x	1.71%	29.71B
ESSITY AB	16.32x	1.57x	8.9x	3.24%	19.89B
BEIERSDORF	18.42x	1.34x	7.99x	1.28%	19.85B
GODREJ CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED	52.23x	7.27x	35.61x	1.23%	11.39B
Average	31.96x	3.49x	16.32x	2.5%	74.7B
Weighted average by Cap.	25.75x	3.84x	15.68x	2.81%