What does Kao do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

121.7%

Cash vs. profit gap

¥79.6B（純利益の 66.3%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 125.9% · of FCF 117.4%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 59.3% · of FCF 55.2%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

4.2%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

34.9%

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.