What does Brother Industries do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

142.6%

Cash vs. profit gap

¥43.4B（純利益の 64.1%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 65.0% · of FCF 65.6%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 37.7% · of FCF 38.0%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

4.9%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

38.7%

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.