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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
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Cabot Corporation (CBT) Current ratio

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Cabot Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 2.2×, up 0.5× from fiscal 2025 (1.6×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.2× (fiscal 2021) to 2.6× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 2.3× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 2.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 1.6× (22.65%)
FY2024 2.1× 5.10%
FY2023 2.0× 20.10%
FY2022 1.6× 32.57%
FY2021 1.2× (32.80%)
FY2020 1.8× (8.48%)
FY2019 2.0× 38.75%
FY2018 1.5× (16.84%)
FY2017 1.8× (33.62%)
FY2016 2.6× 10.98%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 2.2× 47.12%
Jun 2026 1.5× 1.28%
Mar 2026 1.4× (13.11%)
Dec 2025 1.7× 3.66%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.2× High 2.6×
Ten-year median 1.8×
Current reading's percentile 27

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare 4.0×
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 3.0×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 2.8×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 2.6×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 2.3×
CBT Cabot Corporation 2.2×
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 1.8×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 1.7×
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 0.8×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 2.3×
Basic Materials sector median 2.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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