What does Hokko Chemical Industry do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

154.9%

Cash vs. profit gap

¥3.16B（純利益の 71.0%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 21.3% · of FCF 18.8%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 21.3% · of FCF 18.8%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

5.2%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

31.6%

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.