What does Kuraray do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

167.4%

Cash vs. profit gap

¥91.1B（純利益の 1220.2%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 634.3% · of FCF 1073.2%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 232.6% · of FCF 393.5%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

11.6%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

99.5%

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.