Valuation: Kao Corporation

Capitalization 2,815B 17.93B 15.42B 13.99B 13.42B 24.5B 1,653B 25.39B 164B 65.81B 788B 67.3B 65.85B P/E ratio 2025
24.1x
P/E ratio 2026 * 21x
Enterprise value 2,666B 16.98B 14.6B 13.25B 12.71B 23.21B 1,566B 24.05B 156B 62.33B 747B 63.75B 62.38B EV / Sales 2025
1.68x
EV / Sales 2026 * 1.5x
Free-Float
97.61%
Yield 2025
2.46%
Yield 2026 * 2.51%
1 day-1.94%
1 week-6.39%
Current month-6.74%
1 month-1.86%
3 months+0.06%
6 months-10.50%
Current year-0.59%
1 week 6,175
Extreme 6175
6,744
1 month 6,175
Extreme 6175
6,792
Current year 6,016
Extreme 6016
6,792
1 year 5,760
Extreme 5760
7,007
3 years 4,877
Extreme 4877
7,273
5 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
7,577
10 years 4,663
Extreme 4663
9,387
Manager TitleAgeSince
President 65 01/01/2021
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 65 01/03/2016
Director/Board Member 65 25/03/2022
Change 5d. change 1-year change 3-years change Capi.($)
-1.94%-6.39%-4.55%+22.91% 18.28B
-0.61%-6.38%+2.11%-1.63% 232B
+8.74%+6.99%+39.08% - 44.05B
+1.13%-5.53%+11.79%-52.54% 7.65B
+3.83%-17.07%+12.53%-10.64% 5.32B
+1.78%-14.37%+25.33%+12.44% 4.74B
-0.06%-6.48%-20.28%-49.18% 3.83B
+0.24%-9.58%-29.21%-31.92% 3.02B
+0.36%-10.18%+49.73%+99.47% 2.86B
-0.32%-8.47%+1.42%-68.66% 2.65B
Average +1.31%-7.97%+8.80%-8.86% 32.48B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.77%-5.60%+7.35%-1.92%

Financials

2025 2026 *
Net sales 1,686B 10.74B 9.23B 8.38B 8.03B 14.67B 990B 15.2B 98.42B 39.41B 472B 40.3B 39.44B 1,756B 11.18B 9.62B 8.73B 8.37B 15.28B 1,031B 15.83B 103B 41.05B 492B 41.98B 41.08B
Net income 122B 777M 668M 606M 581M 1.06B 71.59B 1.1B 7.12B 2.85B 34.14B 2.91B 2.85B 134B 853M 733M 665M 638M 1.17B 78.6B 1.21B 7.82B 3.13B 37.48B 3.2B 3.13B
Net Debt -149B -947M -815M -739M -709M -1.29B -87.32B -1.34B -8.68B -3.48B -41.64B -3.56B -3.48B -186B -1.19B -1.02B -925M -887M -1.62B -109B -1.68B -10.87B -4.35B -52.13B -4.45B -4.36B
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
Date Price Change Volume
05/03/26 6,224.00 ¥ -1.94% 2,173,300
04/03/26 6,347.00 ¥ -0.87% 2,312,700
03/03/26 6,403.00 ¥ -5.06% 1,925,400
02/03/26 6,744.00 ¥ +1.05% 1,617,900
27/02/26 6,674.00 ¥ +0.86% 2,836,200
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
12
Last Close Price
6,347.00JPY
Average target price
7,598.33JPY
Spread / Average Target
+19.72%

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