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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
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Cabot Corporation (CBT) Return on invested capital
Cabot Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.8%, down 4.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.88% (fiscal 2015) to 15.3% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.21% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 15.1% | (0.25) |
| FY2024 | 15.3% | 1.86 |
| FY2023 | 13.5% | 2.73 |
| FY2022 | 10.7% | (2.90) |
| FY2021 | 13.6% | 12.88 |
| FY2020 | 0.74% | (8.69) |
| FY2019 | 9.43% | 5.16 |
| FY2018 | 4.27% | (5.04) |
| FY2017 | 9.31% | 1.91 |
| FY2016 | 7.40% | 16.28 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| WDFC WD-40 Company compare | 23.6% |
| CBT Cabot Corporation | 10.8% |
| HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare | 10.1% |
| SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation compare | 7.80% |
| FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare | 5.77% |
| AVNT Avient Corporation compare | 5.36% |
| PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA compare | 3.10% |
| ASH Ashland Inc. compare | 2.40% |
| CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare | 2.03% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 3.21% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.96% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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