What does Asahi Kasei do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

131.1%

Cash vs. profit gap

¥144.3B（純利益の 90.9%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 35.7% · of FCF 61.6%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 34.2% · of FCF 59.1%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

6.9%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

35.3%

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.