Operating cash flow is erratic, moving from $2.3B in 2024Q4 to -$1.8B in 2025Q4 and $2.0B in 2026Q3, which suggests cash conversion cannot be reliably assessed and that no capital returns were made.
Coincheck Group N.V. (CNCK) cash flow statement — 7-year operating, investing & financing cash flows
| Metric | TTM | Mar'26 | Mar'25 | Mar'24 | Mar'23 | Mar'22 | Mar'21 | Mar'20 |
|---|
| Cash from Operations | -959.6M | -1.22B | -1.92B | 3.9B | -3.8B | 7.4B | 1.03B | 3.5B |
| Operating CF Growth % | 160.11% | 36.1% | -149.08% | 202.6% | -151.37% | 615.96% | -70.46% | - |
| Net Income | -1.63B | -1.94B | -13.36B | 2.84B | -846M | 13.92B | 13.68B | 209M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 903M | 774M | 727M | 679M | 483M | 448M | 409M | 563M |
| Deferred Taxes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Non-Cash Items | -1.33B | 590.62M | 11.63B | -339M | -2.13B | -5.77B | -88M | -69M |
| Working Capital Changes | -354.37M | -644.67M | -915M | 722M | -1.31B | -1.25B | -13B | 2.77B |
| Cash from Investing | 403.76M | 295.83M | -903M | -435M | -749M | -219M | -269M | -30M |
| Purchase of Investments | 96.85M | -10.6M | 0 | 0 | -16M | -75M | -27M | 0 |
| Sale/Maturity of Investments | 20M | 0 | 0 | 22M | 17M | 77M | 0 | 0 |
| Net Investment Activity | 116.85M | -10.6M | 0 | 22M | 1M | 2M | -27M | 0 |
| Acquisitions | 1.89B | 1.9B | -236M | 281M | -81M | 0 | -49M | 0 |
| Other Investing | -1.21B | -534.4M | -491M | -430M | -576M | -182M | -169M | -28M |
| Cash from Financing | 7.55B | 1.27B | 565M | -327M | -5.46B | -6.65B | -225M | -240M |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5B | -7B | 0 | 0 |
| Share Repurchases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock Issued | 10B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 392M | 16M | 2M |
| Net Stock Activity | 10B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 392M | 16M | 2M |
| Debt Issuance (Net) | -4M | 1000K | 1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K |
| Other Financing | -118.78M | -400.8M | 407M | 207.09M | 0 | -1M | 1M | 0 |
| Net Change in Cash | -569.58M | -14.26B | -2.25B | 3.14B | -10.01B | 535M | 540M | 3.23B |
| Exchange Rate Effect | -7.57B | -14.6B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cash at Beginning | 9.46B | 74B | 10.84B | 7.7B | 17.7B | 17.17B | 16.63B | 13.4B |
| Cash at End | 16.08B | 59.74B | 8.58B | 10.84B | 7.7B | 17.7B | 17.17B | 16.63B |
| Interest Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Income Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Free Cash Flow | -1.55B | -1.3B | -2.62B | 3.59B | -4.19B | 7.18B | 838M | 3.35B |
| FCF Growth % | 42.52% | 50.13% | -172.76% | 185.69% | -158.4% | 757.04% | -75.01% | - |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying CNCK stock.
Coincheck Group N.V. (CNCK) generated $-1223.6M in net cash from operating activities in 2026. This reflects the cash generated directly from core business operations.
Coincheck Group N.V. (CNCK) reported negative free cash flow of $1.30B in 2026, indicating capital requirements exceeded cash from operations.
Coincheck Group N.V. (CNCK) spent $1.06B on capital expenditures in 2026. CapEx represents the cash invested in physical assets like property, plant, and equipment to maintain or grow the business.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Volatile operating cash swings
Earnings Volatility Undermines Capital Build
Based on Coincheck Group's reported figures, net income swung from a $15.4B loss in 2025Q3 to a $2.0B profit in 2024Q4, indicating that retained earnings capacity for capital buffers is highly unpredictable across the period.
The reported net income series alternates between large profits and large losses, which suggests the company has not yet established a consistent base of internally generated capital. Operating cash flow tracks these swings closely in most quarters, so the ability to fund organic growth or regulatory-style capital buffers appears dependent on favorable crypto market conditions. Investors should monitor whether earnings stabilize before assuming meaningful retention capacity.
No Dividends or Buybacks Reported
As reported in financial statements, Coincheck recorded zero dividends paid and zero share repurchases across all ten quarters, leaving no capital return activity to assess for sustainability.
The absence of dividends and buybacks is consistent with a company whose reported earnings are too volatile to support distributions. This means the capital return analysis is effectively limited to the observation that cash is not being returned to shareholders. Whether this reflects a deliberate policy or constrained capacity cannot be determined from the supplied data.
Minimal Securities Portfolio Activity
According to the reported cash flow data, purchases of investments were $100.0M in 2026Q1 and $96.9M in 2026Q4, with sales of investments largely absent except $20.0M in 2027Q1, suggesting a limited securities portfolio.
The small and sporadic investment purchase and sale figures indicate that securities activity is not a material driver of cash flows for this entity. This pattern is typical of an institution whose balance sheet is not dominated by a managed securities book. The lack of sustained reinvestment activity means investment cash flows offer little insight into duration or yield trends.
Operating Cash Ratios Distort Quality Read
Based on reported figures, the OCF-to-net-income ratio ranges from -33.47 in 2025Q2 to 4.87 in 2026Q3, meaning the ratio is unreliable as a measure of cash conversion when net income is near zero or negative.
Ratios such as OCF/NI become meaningless when the denominator flips sign or approaches zero, as occurred in 2025Q2 when net income was only $15.0M against OCF of -$502.0M. Reading these figures as evidence of strong or weak cash conversion would be an over-interpretation. Investors should instead focus on the multi-quarter cumulative pattern, which shows no consistent positive cash generation.