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) P/B ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Cabot Corporation (CBT) trades at a P/B ratio of 2.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.0× (March 2020) to 4.5× (February 2022); the current reading is higher than 20% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.9× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.7×.

P/B ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
FY2025 2.4× (38.16%)
FY2024 3.9× 42.77%
FY2023 2.7× (22.44%)
FY2022 3.5× 34.16%
FY2021 2.6× 4.07%
FY2020 2.5× 6.79%
FY2019 2.3× (22.50%)
FY2018 3.0× 37.58%
FY2017 2.2× (7.70%)
FY2016 2.4× 59.40%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/B ratio Change
Sep 2026 2.2× (17.25%)
Jun 2026 2.7× 16.42%
Mar 2026 2.3× 14.91%
Dec 2025 2.0× (15.66%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.0× High 4.5×
Ten-year median 2.6×
Current reading's percentile 13

P/B ratio against peers

Company P/B ratio
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare n/m
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 1.3×
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 1.8×
CBT Cabot Corporation 2.1×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 3.5×
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare 3.9×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 5.6×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 11.2×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 301×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.9×
Basic Materials sector median 1.7×
Market median 1.7×

What P/B ratio is

Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.

Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))

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