Kao
¥3,470.00Change from previous close: +0.90%Absolute change: +¥31.00
Valuation
Data as of October 4, 2026
Valuation multiples
- Market cap
- ¥3.11T
- Enterprise value
- ¥3.05T
- P/E (trailing 12 months)
- 24.6
- Forward P/E
- 13.3
- PEG
- 2.98
- Price/book
- 2.78
- Price/sales
- 1.78
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.0
- EV/revenue
- 1.74
Profitability and growth
- Gross margin
- 40.2%
- Operating margin
- 11.1%
- Net margin
- 7.8%
- ROE
- 12.3%
- ROA
- 6.6%
- ROIC
- 12.8%
- Revenue growth (year over year)
- 9.4%
- Earnings growth (year over year)
- 32.9%
Financial health
- Total cash
- ¥326.66B
- Total debt
- ¥237.21B
- Debt/equity
- 0.21
- Current ratio
- 1.81
- Quick ratio
- 1.11
- Altman Z-Score
- 4.40
- Piotroski F-Score
- 7.00
Dividends
- Annual dividend per share
- ¥78.00
- Dividend yield
- 2.3%
- Payout ratio
- 55.5%
- Ex-dividend date
- December 29, 2026
Analysts and estimates
- Average price target
- ¥4,080.71
- Median price target
- ¥4,070.00
- High price target
- ¥4,450.00
- Low price target
- ¥3,600.00
- Analysts with a price target
- 14
- Consensus
- Buy
- Forward EPS
- ¥258.64
- EPS estimate, current year
- ¥154.41
Shares and trading
- Beta
- 0.19
- Average volume
- 3.28M
- Shares outstanding
- 904.76M
- Float
- 747.45M
- Institutional ownership
- 72.1%
- Insider ownership
- 1.9%