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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Cabot Corporation (CBT) trades at a price to free cash flow of 17.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (December 2022) to 471× (March 2023); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 19.1× and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 17.7×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 10.4× (23.51%)
FY2024 13.7× 28.07%
FY2023 10.7× —
FY2022 0.0× —
FY2021 45.8× 297.83%
FY2020 11.5× (39.80%)
FY2019 19.1× (46.61%)
FY2018 35.8× 101.53%
FY2017 17.8× 61.00%
FY2016 11.0× 105.96%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 18.5× 21.65%
Jun 2026 15.2× 67.84%
Mar 2026 9.1× 4.07%
Dec 2025 8.7× (16.60%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 471×
Ten-year median 13.0×
Current reading's percentile 64

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare n/m
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 11.6×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 17.5×
CBT Cabot Corporation 17.6×
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 25.0×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 31.0×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 33.6×
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 52.0×
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare 121×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 19.1×
Basic Materials sector median 17.7×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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