Cabot Corporation

CBT Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Cabot Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.7 billion, down 7.04% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+12.2%
EPS
+79.4%
Free cash flow
−51.7%
Total debt
+10.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

72.95 2.15 −2.86%
Market cap
$3.8B
P/E
17.4×
Fwd P/E
17.2×
Dividend yield
2.53%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.53
Beneish M
−2.94
Dividend safety
85/100
Sep '25 Sep '24 Sep '23 Sep '22 Sep '21 Sep '20 Sep '19 Sep '18 Sep '17 Sep '16
P/E ratio
12.55 16.58 8.78 17.75 11.55 0.00 17.23 0.00 15.06 22.21
Piotroski F-Score
6 7 8 5 7 3 7 4 8 —
Altman Z-Score
3.53 4.25 3.51 3.21 2.85 2.28 3.17 3.10 3.28 3.21
P/S ratio
1.10 1.54 0.97 0.84 0.83 0.78 0.80 1.19 1.32 1.36
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
4.51 4.86 4.54 3.69 3.13 2.70 4.11 3.28 4.44 4.48
P/FCF ratio
10.44 13.66 10.66 0.00 45.84 11.52 19.14 35.85 17.79 11.05
P/Operating CF
18.65 30.19 27.66 34.38 28.42 20.60 13.50 24.98 22.77 33.72
Beneish M-Score
(2.94) (2.81) (2.65) (2.01) (2.09) (3.64) (2.81) (3.02) (2.43) (2.72)
Dividend Safety Score
85 — — — — — — — — —
P/B ratio
2.40 3.87 2.71 3.50 2.61 2.51 2.35 3.03 2.20 2.38
EV/Sales
1.33 1.77 1.24 1.12 1.13 1.15 1.07 1.45 1.55 1.65
EV/EBITDA
6.39 9.25 7.25 9.06 6.25 16.78 7.83 12.21 8.56 9.77
EV/FCF
12.67 15.69 13.56 (52.12) 61.87 16.97 25.58 43.52 20.99 13.46
Current Ratio
1.61 2.08 1.98 1.65 1.24 1.85 2.02 1.46 1.75 2.64
Net Debt/EBITDA
1.13 1.20 1.55 2.31 1.62 5.39 1.97 2.15 1.31 1.75
Debt/Equity
0.66 0.72 0.91 1.40 1.07 1.37 0.94 0.78 0.57 0.67
ROE
20.09% 25.36% 36.49% 19.70% 26.26% (24.44%) 13.01% (7.85%) 16.55% 10.77%
ROA
8.77% 10.35% 12.48% 6.12% 8.21% (8.23%) 5.03% (3.46%) 7.78% 4.78%
ROIC
15.06% 15.31% 13.45% 10.72% 13.62% 0.74% 9.43% 4.27% 9.31% 7.40%
Return on Tangible Assets
14.44% 16.05% 20.08% 10.53% 15.11% (13.50%) 8.01% (6.59%) 13.32% 7.53%
Average Days of Receivables
65.96 66.99 64.53 70.62 69.06 58.37 57.97 71.72 70.80 69.03
Earnings Yield
7.97% 6.03% 11.39% 5.63% 8.66% (11.77%) 5.80% (2.98%) 6.64% 4.50%
Free Cash Flow Yield
9.57% 7.32% 9.38% (2.58%) 2.18% 8.68% 5.23% 2.79% 5.62% 9.05%
Free Cash Flow per Share
7.28 8.19 6.38 (1.65) 1.09 3.13 2.37 1.75 3.23 4.74
Book value per Share
31.75 28.86 25.08 18.27 19.22 14.38 19.32 20.73 26.08 21.99
Free Cash Flow
391.00 451.00 358.00 (93.00) 62.00 177.00 139.00 108.00 201.00 296.00
EV/EBIT
7.98 11.52 9.23 12.46 8.45 143.01 11.62 32.64 12.48 16.14
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026