What does Sumitomo Metal Mining do with its cash?

Cash vs. profit gap

-¥74.5B（純利益の -42.2%）

Shareholder returns

of net income 27.1% · of FCF 294.3%

Shareholder payments — dividends

of net income 18.6% · of FCF 201.7%

CapEx intensity (capex ÷ revenue)

4.9%

Investing CF relative to operating CF

182.0%

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.