Valuation Kao Corporation

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Market Closed - Japan Exchange 12:00:00 16/10/2026 pm IST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
3,722.00 ^JPY	+0.27%		+4.64%	+18.89%

04/10	Kao Corporation - Special Call
24/09	Jefferies Adjusts Kao's Price Target to 3,930 Yen From 3,750 Yen, Keeps at Buy	MT

Company Valuation: Kao Corporation

Data adjusted to current consolidation scope

Fiscal Period: December	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
Market Cap ¹	28,52,283	24,42,686	26,96,205	29,67,136	28,31,960	33,67,509	-	-
Change	-	-14.36%	10.38%	10.05%	-4.56%	18.91%	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	26,43,951	23,02,274	25,43,022	27,40,482	27,51,820	31,78,308	31,41,336	30,95,613
Change	-	-12.92%	10.46%	7.76%	0.41%	15.5%	-1.16%	-1.46%
P/E	26.1x	28.7x	61.5x	27.5x	24.1x	24.1x	22.3x	20.5x
PBR	2.96x	2.51x	2.74x	2.78x	2.66x	2.99x	2.83x	2.65x
PEG	-	-1.4x	-1.3x	0x	2x	1.3x	2.72x	2.35x
Capitalization / Revenue	2.01x	1.57x	1.76x	1.82x	1.68x	1.86x	1.8x	1.74x
EV / Revenue	1.86x	1.48x	1.66x	1.68x	1.63x	1.76x	1.68x	1.6x
EV / EBITDA	11.5x	11.5x	17x	11.7x	11x	11.2x	10.6x	9.81x
EV / EBIT	18.4x	20.9x	42.4x	18.7x	16.8x	16.5x	15.2x	13.8x
EV / FCF	24.4x	-	23.3x	25.4x	27.9x	24.3x	21.9x	20x
FCF Yield	4.1%	-	4.3%	3.94%	3.58%	4.12%	4.56%	5.01%
Dividend per Share ²	72	74	75	76	77	78.12	79.73	81.88
Rate of return	2.39%	2.82%	2.59%	2.38%	2.46%	2.1%	2.14%	2.2%
EPS ²	115.3	91.64	47.18	116	130.2	154.6	167.3	181.9
Distribution rate	62.4%	80.8%	159%	65.5%	59.2%	50.5%	47.7%	45%
Net sales ¹	14,18,768	15,51,059	15,32,579	16,28,448	16,88,633	18,05,764	18,70,636	19,38,297
EBITDA ¹	2,30,851	1,99,809	1,49,630	2,35,066	2,49,910	2,83,531	2,97,704	3,15,658
EBIT ¹	1,43,510	1,10,071	60,035	1,46,644	1,64,069	1,92,238	2,06,117	2,23,541
Net income ¹	1,09,636	86,038	43,870	1,07,767	1,20,081	1,38,523	1,48,781	1,60,709
Net Debt ¹	-2,08,332	-1,40,412	-1,53,183	-2,26,654	-80,140	-1,89,201	-2,26,174	-2,71,896
Reference price ²	3,009.50	2,627.50	2,900.00	3,194.00	3,130.50	3,722.00	3,722.00	3,722.00
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	9,47,760	9,29,661	9,29,726	9,28,972	9,04,635	9,04,758	-	-
Announcement Date	03/02/22	02/02/23	07/02/24	06/02/25	05/02/26	-	-	-

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P/E, Detailed evolution

Add to a list 0 selected To use this feature you must be a member Log in Sign up	P/E (N)	EV / Sales (N)	EV / EBITDA (N)	Dividend Yield (N)	Capi.($)
KAO CORPORATION	24.07x	1.76x	11.21x	2.1%	2.13TCr
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY	23.42x	4.44x	16.27x	2.76%	37TCr
L'ORÉAL	31.25x	4.79x	19.77x	1.91%	24TCr
UNILEVER PLC	19.62x	2.91x	12.84x	3.22%	14TCr
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY	25.95x	3.81x	16.04x	2.28%	7.5TCr
GALDERMA GROUP AG	56.38x	7.98x	30.77x	0.28%	4.98TCr
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED	39.27x	6.33x	27.49x	2.38%	4.69TCr
ESTEE LAUDER	35.95x	2.71x	15.03x	1.48%	3.78TCr
KENVUE INC.	19.92x	2.78x	11.61x	4.46%	3.63TCr
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION	15.92x	2.42x	11.33x	4.88%	3.51TCr
Average	29.18x	3.99x	17.24x	2.57%	10.59TCr
Weighted average by Cap.	27.24x	4.28x	17.31x	2.53%