What does NHK Spring do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

169.2%

Cash vs. profit gap

¥49.6B（純利益の 178.0%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 59.8% · of FCF 46.9%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 52.7% · of FCF 41.3%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

5.1%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

53.7%

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.