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CABOT CORP CBT

Miscellaneous Chemical Products · CIK 0000016040 · Fiscal year ends 0930

Revenue
$3.71B
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-30
Operating income
$621.00M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-30
Free cash flow
$391.00M
Fiscal year ended 2025-09-30

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$4,429.05TMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-03-31
Float per share$83,726,838.95Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income13380807.5×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue1192848.7×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity2597681.7×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-03-31, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-09-30 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

13380807.5× earnings today, against a median of 15.2× across 8 years on record. Above its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-03-31$4,429.05T13380807.5×
2024-03-31$5.05B13.3×
2023-03-31$4.28B9.6×
2022-03-31$3.84B18.4×
2021-03-31$2.96B11.8×
2019-03-31$2.41B15.4×
2017-03-31$3.71B14.9×
2016-03-31$2.99B20.3×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Miscellaneous Chemical Products filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Effective tax rate34.7%100th
Revenue YoY growth-7.0%0th
SBC / revenue0.6%0th
Operating margin16.7%88th
Net margin8.9%75th
Long-term debt / equity0.50x67th
Current ratio1.61x38th
Gross margin25.3%38th
R&D / revenue1.6%38th
CapEx / revenue7.4%50th

CABOT CORP (CBT) reported revenue of $3.71B and net income of $331.00M for the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from CABOT CORP’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Miscellaneous Chemical Products.

Income

CABOT CORP income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-302020-09-302019-09-302018-09-302017-09-302016-09-30
Revenue$3.71B$3.99B$3.93B$4.32B$3.41B$2.61B$3.34B$3.24B$2.72B$2.41B
Cost of revenue$2.77B$3.03B$3.09B$3.44B$2.61B$2.11B$2.65B$2.47B$2.06B$1.84B
Gross profit$940.00M$960.00M$839.00M$885.00M$799.00M$500.00M$685.00M$772.00M$657.00M$575.00M
Operating income$621.00M$614.00M$526.00M$389.00M$454.00M$21.00M$306.00M$144.00M$338.00M$247.00M
Net income$331.00M$380.00M$445.00M$209.00M$250.00M-$238.00M$157.00M-$113.00M$248.00M$147.00M
Research & development$59.00M$63.00M$57.00M$55.00M$56.00M$57.00M$60.00M$66.00M$57.00M$53.00M
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 54.20Mshares 55.70Mshares 56.50Mshares 56.90Mshares 56.80Mshares 56.60Mshares 58.80Mshares 61.70Mshares 62.70Mshares 62.90M
Pretax income$565.00M$529.00M$451.00M$335.00M$406.00M-$33.00M$255.00M$117.00M$299.00M$191.00M
Income tax expense$196.00M$111.00M-$28.00M$102.00M$123.00M$191.00M$70.00M$193.00M$33.00M$33.00M
Diluted EPS$6.02$6.72$7.73$3.62$4.34$-4.21$2.63$-1.85$3.91$2.32
Selling, general & administrative$260.00M$283.00M$253.00M$258.00M$289.00M$292.00M$290.00M$308.00M$262.00M$275.00M
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

CABOT CORP balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-302020-09-302019-09-302018-09-302017-09-302016-09-30
Cash & equivalents$258.00M$223.00M$238.00M$206.00M$168.00M$151.00M$169.00M$175.00M$280.00M$200.00M
Total assets$3.82B$3.74B$3.60B$3.52B$3.31B$2.78B$3.00B$3.24B$3.34B$3.05B
Current assets$1.54B$1.60B$1.63B$1.82B$1.42B$978.00M$1.21B$1.39B$1.30B$1.05B
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$957.00M$772.00M$822.00M$1.10B$1.15B$529.00M$599.00M$952.00M$742.00M$397.00M
Total equity incl. NCI$1.70B$1.59B$1.41B$1.03B$1.09B$814.00M$1.13B$1.28B$1.62B$1.39B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$27.00M$26.00M
Inventory$504.00M$552.00M$585.00M$664.00M$523.00M$359.00M$466.00M$511.00M$433.00M$342.00M
Accounts receivableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Goodwill$134.00M$133.00M$134.00M$129.00M$140.00M$134.00M$90.00M$93.00M$154.00M$152.00M
Long-term debt$856.00M$1.09B$1.09B$1.09B$717.00M$1.09B$1.02B$719.00M$661.00M$914.00M
Accounts payable$459.00M$495.00M$438.00M$533.00M$480.00M$316.00M$390.00M$446.00M$339.00M$259.00M

Cash flow

CABOT CORP cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-302020-09-302019-09-302018-09-302017-09-302016-09-30
Operating cash flow$665.00M$692.00M$595.00M$100.00M$257.00M$377.00M$363.00M$298.00M$348.00M$392.00M
Capital expenditures$274.00M$241.00M$244.00M$211.00M$195.00M$200.00M$224.00M$229.00M$147.00M$112.00M
Investing cash flow-$298.00M-$235.00M-$214.00M-$118.00M-$186.00M-$288.00M-$94.00M-$246.00M-$149.00M-$104.00M
Financing cash flow-$336.00M-$415.00M-$403.00M$145.00M-$60.00M-$132.00M-$236.00M-$141.00M-$133.00M-$184.00M
Net change in cash$35.00M-$15.00M$32.00M$36.00M$19.00M-$18.00M-$6.00M-$105.00M$80.00M$123.00M
Stock-based compensation$24.00M$25.00M$20.00M$23.00M$21.00M$9.00M$11.00M$22.00M$16.00M$17.00M
Common dividends paid$96.00M$93.00M$88.00M$84.00M$80.00M$80.00M$80.00M$80.00M$77.00M$65.00M
Common share repurchases$168.00M$172.00M$98.00M$53.00M$3.00M$44.00M$173.00M$142.00M$61.00M$45.00M
Depreciation & amortization$154.00M$151.00M$144.00M$146.00M$160.00M$158.00M$148.00M$149.00M$155.00M$161.00M

Derived

CABOT CORP derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-302022-09-302021-09-302020-09-302019-09-302018-09-302017-09-302016-09-30
Free cash flow$391.00M$451.00M$351.00M-$111.00M$62.00M$177.00M$139.00M$69.00M$201.00M$280.00M
Gross margin25.3%24.0%21.3%20.5%23.4%19.1%20.5%23.8%24.2%23.8%
Operating margin16.7%15.4%13.4%9.0%13.3%0.8%9.2%4.4%12.4%10.2%
FCF margin10.5%11.3%8.9%-2.6%1.8%6.8%4.2%2.1%7.4%11.6%
SBC / revenue0.6%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.3%0.3%0.7%0.6%0.7%
Current ratio1.61x2.08x1.98x1.65x1.24x1.85x2.02x1.46x1.75x2.64x
Revenue YoY growth-7.0%1.6%-9.0%26.8%30.4%-21.7%2.9%19.3%12.7%Unavailable
Net margin8.9%9.5%11.3%4.8%7.3%-9.1%4.7%-3.5%9.1%6.1%
R&D / revenue1.6%1.6%1.5%1.3%1.6%2.2%1.8%2.0%2.1%2.2%
CapEx / revenue7.4%6.0%6.2%4.9%5.7%7.7%6.7%7.1%5.4%4.6%
Long-term debt / equity0.50xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate34.7%21.0%-6.2%30.4%30.3%Unavailable27.5%165.0%11.0%17.3%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open CBT in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-04View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-06View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-02-04View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2025-11-24View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-07View SEC filing

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