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Cabot Corporation CBT Ratios & Valuation

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Profitability
Gross margin24.8%-0.1pp25.4%+0.9pp25.3%+1.3pp25.2%+1.3pp24.9%+1.5pp
Operating margin15.7%-0.6pp16.5%+0.6pp16.7%+1.4pp16.6%+1.3pp16.4%+1.4pp
Net margin8%-3.1pp8.6%-2.0pp8.9%-0.6pp11.1%-0.9pp11.1%-0.4pp
EBITDA margin20.4%+0.3pp20.9%+1.3pp20.9%+1.7pp20.6%+1.5pp20.1%+1.3pp
Free cash flow margin12.1%+4.0pp11.1%-0.1pp10.5%-0.8pp9.1%-1.0pp8.1%-2.3pp
Returns
Return on equity19%-12.0pp21.1%-10.2pp22.3%-6.0pp29.4%-9.1pp31%-5.5pp
Return on assets7.4%-4.3pp8.4%-3.1pp8.8%-1.6pp11.5%-2.2pp11.7%-0.9pp
Return on invested capital14.7%-6.0pp16.7%-4.0pp17.1%-2.3pp20.5%-6.8pp20.6%-4.7pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.9×-0.1×-0.1×-0.1×-0.1×1.1×0.0×
Inventory turnover5.1×-0.3×5.2×0.0×5.3×-0.1×5.3×0.0×5.4×+0.3×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.4×-0.5×1.7×-0.3×1.6×-0.5×2.1×-0.1×-0.3×
Quick ratio-0.3×1.1×-0.2×1.1×-0.3×1.4×0.0×1.3×-0.2×
Cash ratio0.2×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.7×-0.2×0.5×-0.3×0.6×-0.2×0.8×-0.1×0.9×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.3×-0.1×0.2×-0.1×0.3×-0.1×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA1.1×-0.3×0.8×-0.4×-0.4×1.2×0.0×1.4×0.0×
Interest coverage7.5×-1.0×7.8×-0.4×8.2×+0.6×8.5×+1.2×8.5×+1.9×
Per Share
Book value per share$30.04+14.5%$29.77+19.9%$28.60+11.8%$28.64+18.5%$26.23+7.1%
Valuation
Market capitalization$3.93B-12.8%$3.51B-29.4%$4.05B-34.0%$4.06B-20.1%$4.51B-11.8%
Enterprise value$4.72B-15.4%$4.14B-30.6%$4.79B-33.2%$5.02B-16.5%$5.57B-8.3%
Price / earnings13.8×+3.4×11.3×-0.5×12.2×-3.9×9.5×-1.1×10.4×-0.9×
Price / sales1.1×-0.1×-0.3×1.1×-0.4×1.1×-0.2×1.2×-0.2×
Price / book2.5×-0.7×2.2×-1.4×2.6×-1.7×2.6×-1.1×3.2×-0.6×
EV / EBITDA6.5×-0.6×5.5×-2.2×6.2×-3.2×6.4×-1.5×7.1×-1.2×
EV / sales1.3×-0.1×1.1×-0.3×1.3×-0.5×1.3×-0.2×1.4×-0.1×
Free cash flow yield11%+4.0pp11.4%+2.4pp9.7%+2.3pp8.6%+0.7pp7%-1.0pp
Earnings yield7.2%-2.4pp8.9%+0.4pp8.2%+2.0pp10.5%+1.1pp9.6%+0.8pp
Dividend yield2.5%+0.4pp2.7%+0.8pp2.4%+0.9pp2.3%+0.5pp2.1%+0.3pp

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Questions, answered.

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.