What does Nikken Kogaku do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

64.4%

Cash vs. profit gap

-¥53.2M（純利益の -18.9%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 19.9% · of FCF 66.0%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 19.7% · of FCF 65.4%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

2.3%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

89.6%

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.