Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Cabot Corp. CBT
$76.95 +0.79% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.97B
Next earnings report: Nov 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.59, down 53.1% year over year.
- The shares trade at 21.4× trailing earnings, higher than 80% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $3.63B, down 4.7% from a year earlier, accelerating from -8.5% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth21Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 29%
Quality73Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 38%
- Gross marginBottom 44%
- Operating marginTop 32%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 34%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
- Interest coverTop 42%
Value78Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 21%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 37%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 28%
Momentum64Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 47%
- 6-month returnTop 36%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 50%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Revisions43Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 46%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 30%
Stability77Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 20%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 45%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 47%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.5% | -4.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -31.0% | -53.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 22.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 16.6% | 13.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 9.1% | 7.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.7% | -8.5% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -53.1% | -31.0% | ↓ | Bottom 25% |
| Gross margin | 22.9% | 25.2% | ↓ | Bottom 44% |
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 16.6% | ↓ | Top 32% |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 11.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.7% | 9.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.3% | — | Top 38% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.9% | — | Bottom 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.62×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.48×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.44%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.37%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.82%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $94.00
- Target vs current price
- +22.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 15
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 47%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | +1.2% | +1.8% | -0.5% | -5.0% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +9.5% | +4.1% | +11.5% | +15.1% | +16.3% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | +9.3% | -2.2% | +2.4% | +2.1% | +4.0% |
| Nov 3, 2025 | -1.2% | -2.3% | -8.9% | -6.2% | +7.0% |
| Aug 4, 2025 | +5.6% | +2.4% | +8.4% | +13.3% | -1.3% |
| May 5, 2025 | +2.2% | -0.6% | -5.2% | -5.1% | -7.1% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | +1.1% | -1.9% | -0.3% | -5.3% | -9.0% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -1.1% | +1.0% | +5.5% | +3.1% | -20.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $1.67 | $1.65 | +1.2% | $982.0M |
| May 5, 2026 | $1.61 | $1.47 | +9.5% | $904.0M |
| Feb 3, 2026 | $1.53 | $1.40 | +9.3% | $849.0M |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $1.70 | $1.72 | -1.2% | $899.0M |
| Aug 4, 2025 | $1.90 | $1.80 | +5.6% | $923.0M |
| May 5, 2025 | $1.90 | $1.86 | +2.2% | $936.0M |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $1.76 | $1.74 | +1.1% | $955.0M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $1.80 | $1.82 | -1.1% | $1.00B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.4× | 12.4× | 80th | Top 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 12.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.2× | — | — | Top 11% |
| EV / Sales | 1.37× | — | — | Top 37% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.07% | — | — | Top 21% |
| Earnings yield | 4.67% | — | — | Top 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.4× – 36.5× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +2.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -53.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +118.1%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -7.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -2.5%
- RSI (14)
- 37.8
- Relative volume
- 0.91×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 35th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.76
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -17.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -49.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2024 | Nov 20, 2025 | -49.8% | 260 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -25.8% | 75 days | 97 days (Feb 8, 2022) |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Jun 23, 2023 | -23.6% | 77 days | 124 days (Dec 19, 2023) |
| Jun 6, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | -22.4% | 12 days | 37 days (Aug 16, 2022) |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Oct 12, 2022 | -20.2% | 40 days | 84 days (Feb 13, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.97B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.59
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.63B
- Dividend yield
- 2.40%
- 52-week range
- $58.33 – $94.53
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.41B | $4.32B | $3.93B | $3.99B | $3.71B |
| Gross profit | $799.0M | $885.0M | $839.0M | $960.0M | $940.0M |
| Operating income | $454.0M | $389.0M | $526.0M | $614.0M | $621.0M |
| Net income | $250.0M | $209.0M | $445.0M | $380.0M | $331.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.34 | $3.62 | $7.73 | $6.72 | $6.02 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.00B | $955.0M | $936.0M | $923.0M | $899.0M | $849.0M | $904.0M | $982.0M |
| Net income | $137.0M | $93.0M | $94.0M | $101.0M | $43.0M | $73.0M | $68.0M | $6.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.43 | $1.67 | $1.69 | $1.86 | $0.79 | $1.38 | $1.30 | $0.12 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $257.0M | $100.0M | $595.0M | $692.0M | $665.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$195.0M | -$211.0M | -$244.0M | -$241.0M | -$274.0M |
| Free cash flow | $62.0M | -$111.0M | $351.0M | $451.0M | $391.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$80.0M | -$84.0M | -$88.0M | -$93.0M | -$96.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $3.0M | -$47.0M | -$94.0M | -$152.0M | -$160.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $250.0M
- Total assets
- $3.98B
- Total liabilities
- $2.24B
- Total debt
- $1.27B
- Net debt
- $1.02B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.60B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $0.47 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.47 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.45 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.45 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.45 | Sep 11, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.45 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.43 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.43 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,656,549
- Days to cover
- 12.82
- Change vs previous report
- +2.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 25, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Aug 18, 1994
- 2-for-1
- Nov 5, 1980
- 3-for-1
- Mar 13, 1978
- 2-for-1