What does Shin-Etsu Chemical do with its cash?

Cash conversion (operating CF ÷ operating income)

112.2%

Cash vs. profit gap

¥238.2B（純利益の 50.2%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 148.2% · of FCF 197.1%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 42.8% · of FCF 57.0%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

13.8%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

76.4%

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.