Cabot Corporation CBT Ratios & Valuation
| Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 24.8%-0.6pp | 25.4%+0.1pp | 25.3%+0.2pp | 25.2%+0.3pp | 24.9%+0.4pp | |
| Operating margin | 15.7%-0.8pp | 16.5%-0.2pp | 16.7%+0.1pp | 16.6%+0.3pp | 16.4%+0.5pp | |
| Net margin | 8%-0.7pp | 8.6%-0.3pp | 8.9%-2.2pp | 11.1%+0.1pp | 11.1%+0.5pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 20.4%-0.4pp | 20.9%0.0pp | 20.9%+0.3pp | 20.6%+0.4pp | 20.1%+0.6pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.1%+1.0pp | 11.1%+0.6pp | 10.5%+1.4pp | 9.1%+1.1pp | 8.1%-3.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 19%-2.1pp | 21.1%-1.1pp | 22.3%-7.2pp | 29.4%-1.6pp | 31%-0.4pp | |
| Return on assets | 7.4%-1.0pp | 8.4%-0.4pp | 8.8%-2.7pp | 11.5%-0.3pp | 11.7%+0.2pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 14.7%-2.1pp | 16.7%-0.3pp | 17.1%-3.4pp | 20.5%-0.1pp | 20.6%-0.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.9×0.0× | 1×0.0× | 1×0.0× | 1×0.0× | 1.1×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 5.1×-0.1× | 5.2×-0.1× | 5.3×0.0× | 5.3×-0.1× | 5.4×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.4×-0.2× | 1.7×+0.1× | 1.6×-0.5× | 2.1×+0.2× | 2×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 1×-0.1× | 1.1×0.0× | 1.1×-0.3× | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.3×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.2×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×-0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.7×+0.1× | 0.5×-0.1× | 0.6×-0.1× | 0.8×-0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.3×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.3×-0.1× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.1×+0.2× | 0.8×-0.1× | 1×-0.3× | 1.2×-0.1× | 1.4×+0.1× | |
| Interest coverage | 7.5×-0.3× | 7.8×-0.3× | 8.2×-0.3× | 8.5×-0.1× | 8.5×+0.3× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $30.04+0.9% | $29.77+4.1% | $28.60-0.2% | $28.64+9.2% | $26.23+5.6% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $3.93B+12.2% | $3.51B-13.3% | $4.05B-0.3% | $4.06B-10.0% | $4.51B-9.2% | |
| Enterprise value | $4.72B+13.9% | $4.14B-13.5% | $4.79B-4.7% | $5.02B-9.9% | $5.57B-6.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 13.8×+2.5× | 11.3×-1.0× | 12.2×+2.7× | 9.5×-0.9× | 10.4×-1.3× | |
| Price / sales | 1.1×+0.1× | 1×-0.1× | 1.1×0.0× | 1.1×-0.1× | 1.2×-0.1× | |
| Price / book | 2.5×+0.3× | 2.2×-0.4× | 2.6×0.0× | 2.6×-0.5× | 3.2×-0.5× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.5×+1.0× | 5.5×-0.7× | 6.2×-0.2× | 6.4×-0.7× | 7.1×-0.6× | |
| EV / sales | 1.3×+0.2× | 1.1×-0.1× | 1.3×0.0× | 1.3×-0.1× | 1.4×-0.1× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 11%-0.5pp | 11.4%+1.8pp | 9.7%+1.1pp | 8.6%+1.6pp | 7%-2.0pp | |
| Earnings yield | 7.2%-1.6pp | 8.9%+0.7pp | 8.2%-2.3pp | 10.5%+0.9pp | 9.6%+1.1pp | |
| Dividend yield | 2.5%-0.3pp | 2.7%+0.4pp | 2.4%0.0pp | 2.3%+0.2pp | 2.1%+0.2pp |
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- What are Cabot Corporation's profit margins?
- Cabot Corporation (CBT) runs a 24.8% gross margin and a 15.7% operating margin, with a 8.0% net margin.
- Where do Cabot Corporation's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Cabot Corporation's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.