What does Sato Foods Industries do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

144.9%

Cash vs. profit gap

¥362.5M（純利益の 49.2%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 135.3% · of FCF 130.2%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 22.6% · of FCF 21.7%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

4.9%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

125.7%

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.