Financials Kao Corporation

Equities

4452

JP3205800000

Personal Products

Market Closed - Japan Exchange 02:00:00 2024-05-28 am EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
6,975 JPY +0.29% Intraday chart for Kao Corporation +0.10% +20.26%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 4,340,252 3,833,082 2,852,283 2,442,686 2,696,205 3,233,134 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 4,338,803 3,754,112 2,643,951 2,302,274 2,543,022 3,145,264 3,113,245 3,074,976
P/E ratio 29.4 x 30.4 x 26.1 x 28.7 x 61.5 x 30.8 x 27 x 24.4 x
Yield 1.44% 1.76% 2.39% 2.82% 2.59% 2.19% 2.22% 2.23%
Capitalization / Revenue 2.89 x 2.77 x 2.01 x 1.57 x 1.76 x 2.03 x 1.98 x 1.93 x
EV / Revenue 2.89 x 2.72 x 1.86 x 1.48 x 1.66 x 1.97 x 1.9 x 1.83 x
EV / EBITDA 14.7 x 14.3 x 11.5 x 11.5 x 17 x 14.1 x 12.6 x 11.7 x
EV / FCF 33.1 x 24.6 x 24.4 x - 23.3 x 32.6 x 27.7 x 24.7 x
FCF Yield 3.02% 4.07% 4.1% - 4.3% 3.07% 3.61% 4.04%
Price to Book 5.06 x 4.15 x 2.96 x 2.51 x 2.74 x 3.2 x 3.09 x 2.94 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 480,914 480,939 473,880 464,831 464,863 464,865 - -
Reference price 2 9,025 7,970 6,019 5,255 5,800 6,975 6,975 6,975
Announcement Date 2/4/20 2/3/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/7/24 - - -
1JPY in Million2JPY
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 1,502,241 1,381,997 1,418,768 1,551,059 1,532,579 1,594,064 1,635,296 1,676,431
EBITDA 1 295,092 261,643 230,851 199,809 149,630 223,487 247,607 262,731
EBIT 1 211,723 175,563 143,510 110,071 60,035 139,199 160,084 176,274
Operating Margin 14.09% 12.7% 10.12% 7.1% 3.92% 8.73% 9.79% 10.51%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 210,645 173,971 150,002 115,848 63,842 143,202 164,395 181,220
Net income 1 148,213 126,142 109,636 86,038 43,870 105,055 119,661 132,010
Net margin 9.87% 9.13% 7.73% 5.55% 2.86% 6.59% 7.32% 7.87%
EPS 2 306.7 262.3 230.6 183.3 94.37 226.3 258.0 285.6
Free Cash Flow 1 131,136 152,777 108,292 - 109,303 96,542 112,267 124,377
FCF margin 8.73% 11.05% 7.63% - 7.13% 6.06% 6.87% 7.42%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 44.44% 58.39% 46.91% - 73.05% 43.2% 45.34% 47.34%
FCF Conversion (Net income) 88.48% 121.12% 98.77% - 249.15% 91.9% 93.82% 94.22%
Dividend per Share 2 130.0 140.0 144.0 148.0 150.0 152.4 154.8 155.8
Announcement Date 2/4/20 2/3/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/7/24 - - -
1JPY in Million2JPY
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 S2 2020 S1 2020 S2 2021 S1 2021 Q4 2021 S2 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 S1 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2022 S2 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 S1 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2023 S2 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 S1 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2024 S2 2025 S1 2025 S2 2026 S1
Net sales 1 780,842 667,158 714,839 675,179 397,809 743,589 346,795 387,106 733,901 393,799 423,349 817,158 347,794 390,734 738,528 387,355 406,696 794,051 365,797 406,712 779,400 403,762 425,388 830,300 - - -
EBITDA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
EBIT 1 125,337 74,484 101,079 70,551 34,516 72,959 22,952 30,709 53,661 23,239 33,154 56,410 7,287 18,613 25,900 24,805 9,330 34,135 21,984 33,400 58,900 39,900 48,950 91,400 - - -
Operating Margin 16.05% 11.16% 14.14% 10.45% 8.68% 9.81% 6.62% 7.93% 7.31% 5.9% 7.83% 6.9% 2.1% 4.76% 3.51% 6.4% 2.29% 4.3% 6.01% 8.21% 7.56% 9.88% 11.51% 11.01% - - -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 125,130 73,730 100,241 74,133 36,493 75,869 25,654 34,818 60,472 24,628 30,753 - 8,439 20,200 28,639 25,943 9,260 35,203 24,764 - - - - - - - -
Net income 90,918 50,600 75,542 52,538 27,566 57,098 18,244 20,644 38,888 19,412 27,718 - 4,817 11,807 16,624 15,918 11,328 27,246 16,470 - - - - - - - -
Net margin 11.64% 7.58% 10.57% 7.78% 6.93% 7.68% 5.26% 5.33% 5.3% 4.93% 6.55% - 1.39% 3.02% 2.25% 4.11% 2.79% 3.43% 4.5% - - - - - - - -
EPS 2 188.7 105.2 157.1 110.1 58.17 120.5 38.50 43.67 82.17 41.65 59.46 - 10.36 25.40 35.76 34.25 - - 35.43 48.04 - 64.13 90.40 - - - -
Dividend per Share - 70.00 70.00 72.00 72.00 72.00 - 74.00 74.00 - 74.00 - - 75.00 75.00 - - 75.00 - - 76.00 - - 76.00 77.00 77.00 79.00
Announcement Date 2/4/20 7/29/20 2/3/21 8/3/21 2/3/22 2/3/22 5/11/22 8/3/22 8/3/22 11/1/22 2/2/23 2/2/23 5/10/23 8/3/23 8/3/23 11/8/23 2/7/24 2/7/24 5/9/24 - - - - - - - -
1JPY in Million2JPY
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 - - - - - - - -
Net Cash position 1 1,449 78,970 208,332 140,412 153,183 87,869 119,888 158,158
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - - - - - - - -
Free Cash Flow 1 131,136 152,777 108,292 - 109,303 96,542 112,267 124,377
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 17.6% 14.2% 11.6% 8.9% 4.5% 10.6% 11.8% 12.3%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 13.5% 10.5% 8.9% 6.75% 3.65% 5.6% 6.49% 7.08%
Assets 1 1,097,874 1,203,456 1,231,424 1,273,829 1,201,197 1,874,400 1,844,844 1,863,885
Book Value Per Share 2 1,783 1,921 2,037 2,091 2,116 2,177 2,260 2,372
Cash Flow per Share 2 479.0 441.0 414.0 374.0 287.0 400.0 446.0 476.0
Capex 1 113,387 86,149 87,766 94,567 93,178 88,570 88,500 89,167
Capex / Sales 7.55% 6.23% 6.19% 6.1% 6.08% 5.56% 5.41% 5.32%
Announcement Date 2/4/20 2/3/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/7/24 - - -
1JPY in Million2JPY
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B+
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
10
Last Close Price
6,955 JPY
Average target price
6,907 JPY
Spread / Average Target
-0.69%
Consensus
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