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Cabot Corporation

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.

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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

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 19.65

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—

Insider Ownership 1.72%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,900.00

Revenue 3,634.00

Net Income 228.00

Free Cash Flow 308.00

Net Debt 1,023.00

Current Ratio 1.47

Debt/Equity 0.73

P/E ratio 20.87

Fwd P/E 8.62

P/S ratio 1.05

P/B ratio 2.21

Past 5Y EPS Growth —

This Y EPS Growth (12.16%)

Next Y EPS Growth 9.70%

Next Y revenue growth (0.75%)

Next 5Y EPS Growth 1.54%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/E against its own 10 years 72.58%

10-year low 10-year high

P/S against its own 10 years 48.29%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 20.09%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 49.06%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 41.08%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.52

Annual Dividend Rate 1.85

Annual Dividend Yield 2.48%

	total	individual payouts
2028	Powerpack
2027	Powerpack
2026	1.86	0.45 0.47 0.47
2025	1.78	0.43 0.45 0.45 0.45
2024	1.69	0.40 0.43 0.43 0.43
2023	1.57	0.37 0.40 0.40 0.40
2022	1.48	0.37 0.37 0.37 0.37
2021	1.42	0.35 0.35 0.35 0.37
2020	1.40	0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35
2019	1.38	0.33 0.35 0.35 0.35
2018	1.31	0.32 0.33 0.33 0.33
2017	1.25	0.30 0.32 0.32 0.32
2016	1.12	0.22 0.30 0.30 0.30

predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Cash	238	223	258	250
Receivables	695	733	671	731
Inventory	585	552	504	566
Other	—	—	—	—
	1,626	1,605	1,539	1,665

	2023	2024	2025	Q'26
Payables	600	676	648	670
ST’ Debt	182	53	274	445
Other	—	—	—	—
	822	772	957	1,135

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	2.61%	7.27%	(4.93%)
Cash Flow	2.91%	12.02%	88.05%
Earnings	0.00%	0.00%	16.56%
Book Value	2.45%	15.94%	18.22%

Revenue $m

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	849	904	982	—	—
’25	955	936	923	899	3,713
’24	958	1,019	1,016	1,001	3,994
’23	965	1,033	968	965	3,931
’22	968	1,092	1,149	1,112	4,321
’21	746	842	917	904	3,409
’20	727	710	518	659	2,614

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	126	77	75	—	—
’25	124	73	249	219	665
’24	105	176	207	204	692
’23	52	162	243	138	595
’22	(49)	10	34	105	100
’21	21	65	71	100	257
’20	105	24	149	99	377

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	57	32	37	—	—
’25	47	1	161	182	391
’24	51	133	155	112	451
’23	24	111	163	60	358
’22	(79)	(31)	2	15	(93)
’21	(8)	25	25	20	62
’20	37	(27)	106	61	177

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Year
’26	1.37	1.27	0.12	—	—
’25	1.67	1.69	1.86	0.79	6.02
’24	0.88	1.49	1.94	2.43	6.72
’23	0.93	1.29	1.43	4.10	7.73
’22	(1.57)	1.84	1.69	1.64	3.62
’21	1.06	1.30	1.48	0.50	4.34
’20	0.70	(0.01)	(0.12)	(4.81)	(4.21)

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	36.12	50.21	39.57	37.11	20.00	42.72	53.32	63.73	70.63	58.33	Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack
	High	54.24	64.66	68.63	50.58	48.18	65.25	78.62	86.67	117.46	92.89
People
People	Employees	4,300	4,500	4,600	4,500	4,500	4,500	4,200	4,300	4,200	4,100
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.56	0.60	0.70	0.74	0.58	0.76	1.03	0.91	0.95	0.91
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	2,411	2,717	3,242	3,337	2,614	3,409	4,321	3,931	3,994	3,713
	Gross margin, %	23.85	24.18	23.81	20.53	19.13	23.44	20.48	21.34	24.04	25.32
	EBT	191	299	117	255	(33)	406	335	451	529	565
	EBT margin, %	7.92	11.00	3.61	7.64	(1.26)	11.91	7.75	11.47	13.24	15.22
	Net income	162	273	(74)	186	(221)	286	243	484	424	376
	Depreciation	161	155	241	148	158	160	146	144	151	154
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	38.64	43.61	52.54	56.85	46.18	60.12	76.48	70.07	72.49	69.14
	Earnings	2.36	3.81	(1.85)	2.63	(4.21)	4.34	3.62	7.73	6.72	6.07
	Cash flow	6.28	5.59	4.83	6.18	6.66	4.53	1.77	10.61	12.56	12.38
	Capex	(1.54)	(2.36)	(3.08)	(3.82)	(3.53)	(3.44)	(3.42)	(4.22)	(4.37)	(5.10)
	Free cash flow	4.74	3.23	1.75	2.37	3.13	1.09	(1.65)	6.38	8.19	7.28
	Book value	21.99	26.08	20.73	19.32	14.38	19.22	18.27	25.08	28.86	31.75
	Shares, m	62	62	62	59	57	57	57	56	55	54
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	22.21	15.06	0.00	17.23	0.00	11.55	17.75	8.78	16.58	12.55
	P/S	1.36	1.32	1.19	0.80	0.78	0.83	0.84	0.97	1.54	1.10
	P/B	2.38	2.20	3.03	2.35	2.51	2.61	3.50	2.71	3.87	2.40
	EV/Sales	1.65	1.55	1.45	1.07	1.15	1.13	1.12	1.24	1.77	1.33
	EV/FCF	13.46	20.99	43.52	25.58	16.97	61.87	(52.12)	13.56	15.69	12.67
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	392	348	298	363	377	257	100	595	692	665
	Capex	(96)	(147)	(190)	(224)	(200)	(195)	(193)	(237)	(241)	(274)
	Free cash flow	296	201	108	139	177	62	(93)	358	451	391
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	650	557	434	611	449	278	715	804	833	582
	Total debt	915	924	1,003	1,064	1,115	1,162	1,443	1,276	1,140	1,130
	Net debt	715	644	828	895	964	994	1,237	1,038	917	872
	Shareholders’ equity	1,372	1,625	1,279	1,134	814	1,090	1,032	1,407	1,590	1,705
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	4.78	7.78	(3.46)	5.03	(8.23)	8.21	6.12	12.48	10.35	8.77
	ROIC	7.40	9.31	4.27	9.43	0.74	13.62	10.72	13.45	15.31	15.06
	ROE	10.77	16.55	(7.85)	13.01	(24.44)	26.26	19.70	36.49	25.36	20.09

Negative figures in brackets.

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CBT Cabot Corporation	$3.9B	20.9×	8.6×	+6.39% (above 0%: growing)	−93.58% (below 0%: shrinking)	−77.02% (below 0%: shrinking)	18.74%	9.98%
AVNT Avient Corporation	$3.6B	21.0×	14.0×	+5.83% (above 0%: growing)	+24.56% (above 0%: growing)	−16.67% (below 0%: shrinking)	33.54%	12.26%	Compare
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FUL H. B. Fuller Company	$2.8B	14.1×	16.8×	+5.17% (above 0%: growing)	+18.19% (above 0%: growing)	−58.41% (below 0%: shrinking)	33.22%	12.07%	Compare
HWKN Hawkins, Inc.	$2.8B	33.8×	36.3×	+7.64% (above 0%: growing)	−3.55% (below 0%: shrinking)	+30.29% (above 0%: growing)	23.44%	12.25%	Compare
KWR Quaker Houghton	$2.7B	27.9×	25.2×	+10.17% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	−43.19% (below 0%: shrinking)	35.53%	7.62%	Compare
Median of peers	$3.4B	30.7×	24.9×	+8.90%	+18.50%	−3.36%	33.88%	10.36%

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Cabot Corporation (CBT) key facts

Concern: Cabot Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.7 billion, down 7.04% from fiscal 2024.
Concern: Net income was $376.0 million, or $6.07 per share (basic), a net margin of 8.91%.
Cabot Corporation (CBT) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
As of October 16, 2026, CBT traded at $74.29, a market capitalization of $3.9 billion.
At that price the stock trades at 20.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 73% of its own readings over the past ten years.
Cabot Corporation pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share, a yield of 2.48%, with a payout ratio of 52.0%.
Return on equity was 20.1% and debt-to-equity 0.73.
Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.53 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.