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

Cabot Corporation (CBT) EV/EBITDA

Alert me on EV/EBITDA

As of 5 November 2026, Cabot Corporation (CBT) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 7.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.8× (March 2020) to 24.5× (March 2016); the current reading is higher than 15% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 12.9× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 9.2×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 6.4× (30.86%)
FY2024 9.2× 27.64%
FY2023 7.2× (20.01%)
FY2022 9.1× 45.02%
FY2021 6.2× (62.77%)
FY2020 16.8× 114.25%
FY2019 7.8× (35.85%)
FY2018 12.2× 42.63%
FY2017 8.6× (12.38%)
FY2016 9.8× (26.44%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 7.4× (13.14%)
Jun 2026 8.5× 24.95%
Mar 2026 6.8× 16.49%
Dec 2025 5.8× (8.85%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.8× High 24.5×
Ten-year median 8.6×
Current reading's percentile 15

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
CBT Cabot Corporation 7.1×
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 8.4×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 11.0×
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 13.1×
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare 18.3×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 18.5×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 25.2×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 25.7×
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 47.9×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 12.9×
Basic Materials sector median 9.2×
Market median 10.9×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

The full definition of EV/EBITDA →

More on CBT