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/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Cabot Corporation (CBT) trades at a P/E ratio of 17.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2021) to 69.9× (January 2018); the current reading is higher than 70% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 24.5× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 19.0×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 12.5× (24.32%)
FY2024 16.6× 88.89%
FY2023 8.8× (50.53%)
FY2022 17.7× 53.68%
FY2021 11.5× —
FY2020 0.0× —
FY2019 17.2× —
FY2018 0.0× —
FY2017 15.1× (32.17%)
FY2016 22.2× —

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 18.4× (28.01%)
Jun 2026 25.5× 79.88%
Mar 2026 14.2× 23.04%
Dec 2025 11.5× (8.15%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 69.9×
Ten-year median 12.9×
Current reading's percentile 63

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare n/m
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 13.8×
CBT Cabot Corporation 17.4×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 23.1×
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare 30.0×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 36.6×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 37.0×
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 67.1×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 102×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 24.5×
Basic Materials sector median 19.0×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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