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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 6.39%, EPS fell 93.6%, free cash flow fell 77.0% and total debt rose 4.77%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years.

74.29 1.19 −1.58%
Market cap
$3.9B
P/E
20.9×
Fwd P/E
8.6×
Dividend yield
2.48%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.53
Beneish M
−2.94
Dividend safety
85/100

Cabot Corporation (CBT) EV/Sales

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As of 16 October 2026, Cabot Corporation (CBT) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.7× (March 2020) to 1.8× (March 2017); the current reading is higher than 53% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.8× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 1.7×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 1.3× (24.66%)
FY2024 1.8× 43.43%
FY2023 1.2× 10.11%
FY2022 1.1× (0.31%)
FY2021 1.1× (2.06%)
FY2020 1.1× 7.84%
FY2019 1.1× (26.50%)
FY2018 1.4× (6.66%)
FY2017 1.6× (6.05%)
FY2016 1.7× 63.94%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 1.6× 13.17%
Mar 2026 1.4× 14.09%
Dec 2025 1.2× (8.83%)
Sep 2025 1.3× 2.07%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.7× High 1.8×
Ten-year median 1.3×
Current reading's percentile 49

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
CBT Cabot Corporation 1.3×
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 1.3×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 1.5×
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 1.7×
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 1.7×
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 2.3×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 2.7×
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 5.2×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 7.2×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.8×
Basic Materials sector median 1.7×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((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)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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