Valuation : Kao Corporation

Market Cap 3,294B 20.62B 17.75B 16.67B 15.22B 28.59B 1,962B 28.79B 198B 76.86B 995B 77.42B 75.74B P/E 2026 *
23.7x
P/E 2027 * 22.2x
Enterprise Value 3,106B 19.44B 16.74B 15.72B 14.35B 26.95B 1,850B 27.15B 186B 72.47B 938B 73B 71.41B EV / Sales 2026 *
1.73x
EV / Sales 2027 * 1.66x
Free-Float
97.69%
Yield 2026 *
2.15%
Yield 2027 * 2.18%
1 day-2.68%
1 week-18.36%
Current month-11.15%
1 month-13.07%
3 months-4.98%
6 months-14.30%
Current year-8.57%
1 week 7.25
Extreme 7.25
7.75
1 month 6.55
Extreme 6.5501
7.8
Current year 5.95
Extreme 5.95
7.8
1 year 5.95
Extreme 5.95
8.08
3 years 5.85
Extreme 5.85
8.47
5 years 5.49
Extreme 5.49175
10.54
10 years 5.49
Extreme 5.49175
14.58
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 66 01/04/1990
Director of Finance/CFO 66 01/01/2021
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer - -
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 66 24/03/2023
Director/Board Member 66 01/03/2016
Director/Board Member 65 25/03/2022
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-2.68%-18.36% - - 20.56B
+0.93%-1.01%-8.15%-5.97% 334B
+0.51%+2.03%-8.74%+4.42% 139B
-1.02%-2.95%+6.43%+22.25% 72.34B
-2.14%-2.36%-26.03%-22.30% 49.42B
-0.72%-1.76%+12.68%-36.27% 37.41B
-1.51%-2.83%-9.14%-18.09% 36.82B
+0.17%+2.39%+8.62%+29.62% 20.56B
-1.62%-2.66%-19.05%-34.50% 20.35B
+0.18%-0.18%+10.12%+9.78% 19.81B
Average -0.76%+0.95%-3.70%-5.67% 81.12B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.14%+0.31%-6.35%-3.83%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1,797B 11.25B 9.69B 9.09B 8.3B 15.6B 1,070B 15.71B 108B 41.93B 543B 42.24B 41.32B 1,862B 11.66B 10.04B 9.42B 8.6B 16.16B 1,109B 16.28B 112B 43.45B 562B 43.77B 42.82B
Net income 137B 858M 739M 694M 633M 1.19B 81.63B 1.2B 8.22B 3.2B 41.39B 3.22B 3.15B 147B 923M 795M 746M 681M 1.28B 87.81B 1.29B 8.84B 3.44B 44.53B 3.47B 3.39B
Net Debt -188B -1.18B -1.01B -952M -869M -1.63B -112B -1.64B -11.28B -4.39B -56.83B -4.42B -4.33B -205B -1.29B -1.11B -1.04B -948M -1.78B -122B -1.79B -12.31B -4.79B -62B -4.83B -4.72B
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
28/08/26 $7.530 -0.40% 73,959
27/08/26 $7.560 -0.40% 64,527
26/08/26 $7.590 +0.80% 297,917
25/08/26 $7.530 +1.48% 28,514
24/08/26 $7.420 +0.27% 40,649
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
3,641.00JPY
Average target price
3,845.00JPY
Spread / Average Target
+5.60%

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