What does Ajinomoto do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

120.0%

Cash vs. profit gap

¥104.7B（純利益の 77.7%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 128.6% · of FCF 128.5%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 32.0% · of FCF 32.0%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

6.6%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

35.2%

Nonpositive profit and free cash flow are omitted as ratio denominators. Amounts use the period's reported currency.

• Operating cash flow is the cash the core business actually brought in, including changes in receivables and inventory.
• Free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditure: a gauge of cash available for other uses.
• Large "borrowing" or "cash drawdown" flows mean the company spent more than it generated that year.