Cabot (CBT) Stock Price & Analysis
CBT Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 65.85 - EUR 66.20
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 51.00 - EUR 81.55
- Previous Close
- EUR 66.15
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 0
- Market Cap
- EUR 3.44B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 5.87B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 250.00M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 1.27B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 26.9
- Beta
- 0.37
- Next Earnings
- Feb 08, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 1.16
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 2.39%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Stronger Balance Sheet
Material debt reduction and a low debt-to-equity ratio strengthen Cabot’s financial resilience and give management more flexibility to fund growth, manage cycles, and return capital. The larger equity base also supports a more durable capital structure than in prior years.
Performance Chemicals And Battery Growth
Strong Performance Chemicals results and profitable battery-materials growth indicate traction in higher-value applications beyond traditional reinforcement products. Planned capacity additions and continued volume growth could expand Cabot’s mix and support earnings durability over coming years.
Broad Specialty Materials Portfolio
Cabot’s broad portfolio serves multiple industrial and consumer applications, reducing reliance on any single end market and allowing technical materials to participate in structural demand areas. Application development and customer qualification can reinforce relationships and support differentiated product positioning.
Bears Say
Weaker Earnings Trajectory
Although current margins remain solid, falling earnings and uneven revenue growth indicate that recent profitability has not converted into a consistently expanding trajectory. Persistent weakness would limit internal funding capacity and make future performance more dependent on recovery in end-market demand.
Reinforcement Materials Pressure
Reinforcement Materials remains an important business, but lower profitability following tire-customer agreements demonstrates pressure on pricing and gross profit per ton. This can weigh on consolidated earnings until contract economics, product mix, or customer volumes improve.
Weaker Cash Conversion
Positive cash generation remains a strength, but the sharp free-cash-flow decline and lower conversion from net income reduce the resources available for investment, debt reduction, and shareholder returns. Working-capital needs can further amplify volatility in reported cash generation.
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Company Description
Cabot
Cabot Corporation operates as a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. It operates through two segments, Reinforcement Materials and Performance Chemicals. The company offers reinforcing carbons that are used in tires as a rubber reinforcing agent and performance additive, as well as in industrial products, such as hoses, belts, extruded profiles, and molded goods; and engineered elastomer composites solutions. It also provides specialty carbons for use in inks, coatings, plastics, adhesives, toners, batteries, and displays; conductive additives and fumed alumina used in lead acid and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles; fumed silica used in adhesives, sealants, cosmetics, batteries, inks, toners, silicone elastomers, coatings, polishing slurries, and pharmaceuticals; and fumed alumina for use in various products, including inkjet media, lighting, coatings, cosmetics, and polishing slurries. In addition, it offers aerogel, a hydrophobic, silica-based particle to use in various thermal insulation and specialty chemical applications; masterbatch and conductive compound products that are used in automotive, industrial, packaging, infrastructure, agriculture, consumer products, and electronics industries; and inkjet colorants for inkjet printing applications, as well as carbon nanotubes and fumed metal oxides. The company sells its products through distributors and sales representatives in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Cabot Corporation was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Sector
- General
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- CEO
- Erica J. McLaughlin
- Employees
- 4,064
- Website
- www.cabotcorp.com
- Address
- Two Seaport Lane, Boston, MA, 02210-2019, US
Cabot (CBT) Earnings & Revenues
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Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call presented a mix of meaningful positives — solid adjusted EPS growth, a strong Performance Chemicals quarter (+19% EBIT YoY), robust battery materials momentum (24% trailing EBITDA margin and $40M FY26 EBITDA target), healthy liquidity (~$1.3B) and continued shareholder returns — alongside material challenges, chiefly a significant ~24% YoY earnings decline in Reinforcement Materials driven by customer tire agreements, working capital pressure from raw material/oil volatility, and near-term margin normalization risks. Management reaffirmed guidance (narrowed range), highlighted disciplined capital allocation and ongoing investments in battery capacity, and expressed confidence in leadership continuity. Overall the positives modestly outweigh the negatives, with confidence in strategic growth areas balancing near-term headwinds.
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Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 6 | 0 | 6 |
