4452.T · Intrinsic value
Is Kao Corporation (4452.T) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Oct 19, 2026, TickerWorth's valuation lenses put Kao Corporation (4452.T) at ¥2,039.81 – ¥6,534.89, too broad a range to say where the delayed market price of ¥3,751.00 sits in it, so we do not call it over- or undervalued. It is a model estimate, and every input behind it is sourced below.
Model by Miraaj Patel · generated from market data · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · How these pages are made
What is 4452.T worth?
- Fair-value range
- ¥2,039.81 – ¥6,534.89
- Market price
- ¥3,751.00
- Gap to fair value
- —
- Verdict
- Too wide to call
Reverse DCF: Today's price implies revenue growth of 10.4% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 6.7% a year on average over the same horizon.
What is 4452.T's TickerWorth Score?
A stronger business than most — but not cheap
Compared with Consumer Defensive companies in Japan
Its strongest point: strong balance sheet. Its weakest: profitability is weak.
- Value · 45 of 100
Cheaper than 45% of Consumer Defensive companies worldwide
- Price vs worth · 48 of 100
- Quality · 39 of 100
More profitable than 39% of Consumer Defensive companies worldwide
- Financial health · 86 of 100
Financially stronger than 86% of Consumer Defensive companies worldwide
- Growth · 85 of 100
Growing faster than 85% of Consumer Defensive companies worldwide
- Momentum · 87 of 100
Outperformed 87% of Consumer Defensive companies worldwide over the past year
Confidence: Medium confidence · Scored
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Why 4452.T gets a range, not one number
At a recent price of ¥3,751, Kao Corporation (4452.T) sits inside a range too wide to call either way: our valuation lenses put the business somewhere between ¥2,040 and ¥6,535 per share. They disagree too widely for us to state a single fair value. We publish the range rather than a midpoint because a number that precise would claim more than the methods can support. This is an educational model, not a price target or a recommendation.
Read the full reasoning
The valuation discounts Kao Corporation's projected free cash flows at a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) of 9.6%, with a long-run terminal growth rate of 2.5%. About 73% of the enterprise value comes from the terminal value — the portion beyond the explicit forecast window — which is typical for a stable, cash-generative business and a reminder that small changes in the discount rate or terminal growth assumption swing the intrinsic value meaningfully.
Running the DCF in reverse — solving for the growth the current price already assumes — the market is implying roughly 10.4% annual revenue growth for 4452.T. Our base case instead compounds to about 6.7% a year over the same forecast, so the market is pricing in materially faster growth than our base case. The reverse-DCF is a quick sanity check: it reframes 'is this stock cheap?' as 'do I believe the growth the price requires?' rather than arguing over a single point estimate of fair value.
Sensitivity matters more than any single number. Across a reasonable band of discount-rate assumptions, 4452.T's modeled DCF value ranges from about ¥2,339 to ¥4,522 per share. If that range still sits below today's price, the market is optimistic relative to the model across the whole band; if it brackets the price, the stock is roughly fairly valued on our assumptions. Use the interactive slider to see exactly where your own cost-of-capital view lands.
How to read this page: the DCF fair value is what Kao Corporation would be worth if its cash flows grow as modeled and are discounted at the stated WACC. The assumptions table shows every input and its source; the reverse-DCF shows what the market believes; the sensitivity band shows how fragile the answer is. None of this is investment advice — it is a transparent, auditable framework for forming your own view of 4452.T's intrinsic value. Figures update as new filings and prices come in.
Every input behind 4452.T's DCF
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Base-year revenueLive feed — totalRevenue (TTM) | ¥1,751,545,020,000 |
| Base EBIT marginComputed — trailing operatingMargins, held roughly flat | 11.1% |
| Forecast revenue growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth's 5-year explicit forecast | 9% → 8% → 7% → 5% → 4% |
| Risk-free rateLive feed — US 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) | 5.2% |
| BetaLive feed — yfinance, 5-year monthly beta vs the S&P 500 (clamped to 0.4–2.5) | 1.00 |
| Terminal growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth house default 2.5%, held below WACC | 2.5% |
| Diluted sharesLive feed — sharesOutstanding | 905M |
| Market priceDelayed quote · as of 2026-10-19 17:02 UTC | ¥3,751 |
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What does Kao Corporation do?
What does it do?
Kao Corporation develops and sells hygiene living care, health beauty care, life care, cosmetics, and chemical products in Japan. It offers fabric, kitchen, home, and sanitary care products; facial, body, hair, and oral care, hair styling and color, salon, in-bathroom health care, and warming products; and self-selection cosmetics, as well as provides cosmetics counselling services. It operates in the Household & Personal Products industry (Consumer Defensive sector), headquartered in Japan. The company employs roughly 31,514 people.
How does it make money?
The business turns 1.8T in annual revenue into profit. Out of every $100 of sales, about $11 is left as operating profit (operating margin of 11.1%), after a 40% gross margin on the products/services it sells. After all costs, taxes and interest, 7.8% of revenue becomes bottom-line net profit.
Is it financially healthy?
Financially it looks solid: carries modest debt (0.2× equity), comfortably covers its short-term bills (1.8× current ratio), and is currently profitable.
4452.T insider trading
Insider filings are available for US-listed companies only.
Common questions
What is 4452.T's intrinsic value?
TickerWorth's valuation lenses put Kao Corporation (4452.T) between ¥2,040 and ¥6,535 per share, versus a market price of ¥3,751. They disagree too widely for us to state a single fair value, so we publish the range.
Is 4452.T overvalued or undervalued?
At ¥3,751 the price sits inside a range too wide to call either way. We don't call 4452.T overvalued or undervalued from a range this wide. This is an educational estimate, not advice.
What discount rate is used for 4452.T?
A WACC of 9.6% and a terminal growth rate of 2.5%.
Is Kao stock undervalued?
TickerWorth's fair-value range for Kao Corporation (4452.T) is ¥2,039.81 – ¥6,534.89 against a market price of ¥3,751.00. Too wide to call. We publish a range here, not one number, so we do not call it over- or undervalued. This is a model estimate, not investment advice.
Kao (4452.T) DCF valuation and fair value
Our fair-value range for Kao Corporation (4452.T) is ¥2,039.81 – ¥6,534.89, built on a 9.6% discount rate (WACC) and 2.5% terminal growth. It blends our discounted-cash-flow model with other valuation lenses. Every assumption is listed on this page with its source.
What growth is priced into Kao stock?
Today's price implies revenue growth of 10.4% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 6.7% a year on average over the same horizon. This is a reverse DCF: it holds our cash-flow model's other inputs and solves for the revenue growth that makes the model equal today's price of ¥3,751.00. A model estimate, not investment advice.
Kao (4452.T) insider trading
We have no recent SEC Form 4 insider filings on file for Kao Corporation (4452.T). Form 4 covers US-listed companies only.
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