What does Hokuetsu Metal do with its cash?

Cash vs. profit gap

¥2B

Shareholder payments — dividends

· of FCF 21.9%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

4.1%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

57.9%

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.