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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) Debt to equity

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Cabot Corporation's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.7×, up 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.6× (fiscal 2017) to 1.4× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.6× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.7× (7.56%)
FY2024 0.7× (20.94%)
FY2023 0.9× (35.14%)
FY2022 1.4× 31.16%
FY2021 1.1× (22.17%)
FY2020 1.4× 45.99%
FY2019 0.9× 19.65%
FY2018 0.8× 37.92%
FY2017 0.6× (14.74%)
FY2016 0.7× (8.10%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.7× (3.71%)
Jun 2026 0.7× (4.66%)
Mar 2026 0.8× 18.24%
Dec 2025 0.7× (1.75%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.6× High 1.4×
Ten-year median 0.8×
Current reading's percentile 18

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare −2.4×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 0.3×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 0.4×
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare 0.6×
CBT Cabot Corporation 0.7×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 0.7×
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.7×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 0.9×
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 0.9×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.6×
Basic Materials sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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