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Cabot Corporation (CBT)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Boston, United States | NYSE
83.65 USD -0.46 (-0.544%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 83.65
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:53 a.m. EDT

Cabot presents a compelling value proposition marred by near-term earnings turbulence. The stock trades at a forward P/E of 12 times, a steep discount to historical norms, reflecting the market's reaction to the reported minus 94 percent earnings growth. While the dividend remains reliable with a 51 percent payout ratio and a track record of consistent increases, the lack of sustained double-digit revenue growth limits its appeal as a high-growth compounder. Options flow reveals a split sentiment: traders are buying protection against downside moves while some speculate on a long-term rebound. For a patient investor, the valuation discount outweighs the earnings pain, but the high short interest suggests lingering skepticism about the turnaround timeline.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.026771
AutoETS0.027280
AutoARIMA0.027284
AutoTheta0.035678

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 49%
H-stat 0.31
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.372
Excess Kurtosis -0.49
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-27
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-27
Debt to Equity Ratio 74.394
Revenue per Share 69.417
Market Cap 4,318,131,712
Trailing P/E 23.70
Forward P/E 11.97
Beta 0.84
Profit Margins 5.23%
Website https://www.cabotcorp.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:53 a.m. EDT: Near-term options data shows elevated implied volatility on put strikes, indicating traders are hedging against potential downside following the earnings miss. However, long-dated January 2027 calls exhibit significantly higher open interest than puts, suggesting some capital is positioned for a multi-year recovery despite current weakness.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.57% 2.97% 2.10% 2.11%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-28 0.4730 0.565451
2026-05-29 0.4730 0.540510
2026-02-27 0.4500 0.591017
2025-11-28 0.4500 0.719195
2025-08-29 0.4500 0.551741
2025-05-30 0.4500 0.602490
2025-02-28 0.4300 0.500000
2024-11-29 0.4300 0.392264
2024-08-30 0.4300 0.409095
2024-05-31 0.4300 0.420332
2024-02-22 0.4000 0.484203
2023-11-22 0.4000 0.517331
2023-08-24 0.4000 0.577701
2023-05-25 0.4000 0.573477
2023-02-23 0.3700 0.473630
2022-11-23 0.3700 0.501355
2022-08-25 0.3700 0.477666
2022-05-26 0.3700 0.511120
2022-02-24 0.3700 0.513176
2021-11-24 0.3700 0.634213
2021-08-26 0.3500 0.662502
2021-05-27 0.3500 0.552312
2021-02-25 0.3500 0.702811
2020-11-25 0.3500 0.802936
2020-08-27 0.3500 0.921053
2020-05-28 0.3500 0.958117
2020-02-27 0.3500 0.947482
2019-11-27 0.3500 0.734677
2019-08-29 0.3500 0.886749
2019-05-30 0.3500 0.855118
2019-02-21 0.3300 0.708307
2018-11-29 0.3300 0.680412
2018-08-30 0.3300 0.508083
2018-05-24 0.3300 0.562181
2018-02-22 0.3150 0.493576
2017-11-22 0.3150 0.519202
2017-08-23 0.3150 0.605886
2017-05-24 0.3150 0.594340
2017-02-22 0.3000 0.516440
2016-11-22 0.3000 0.577256
2016-08-24 0.3000 0.606796
2016-05-25 0.3000 0.660357
2016-02-24 0.2200 0.505399
2015-11-24 0.2200 0.511152
2015-08-26 0.2200 0.669915
2015-05-27 0.2200 0.520095
2015-02-25 0.2200 0.476397
2014-11-25 0.2200 0.475265
2014-08-27 0.2200 0.405904
2014-05-28 0.2200 0.390764
2014-02-26 0.2000 0.370302
2013-11-26 0.2000 0.410593
2013-08-28 0.2000 0.501756
2013-05-29 0.2000 0.493462
2013-02-27 0.2000 0.544070
2012-11-28 0.2000 0.535475
2012-08-29 0.2000 0.571102
2012-05-30 0.2000 0.524246
2012-02-22 0.1800 0.438810
2011-11-22 0.1800 0.598007
2011-08-25 0.1800 0.576184
2011-05-25 0.1800 0.439346
2011-02-23 0.1800 0.430519
2010-11-23 0.1800 0.524017
2010-08-25 0.1800 0.651466
2010-05-26 0.1800 0.665680
2010-02-24 0.1800 0.614334
2009-11-24 0.1800 0.789474
2009-08-26 0.1800 0.879765
2009-05-27 0.1800 1.081731
2009-02-25 0.1800 1.660517
2008-11-25 0.1800 0.922131
2008-08-27 0.1800 0.671141
2008-05-28 0.1800 0.572701
2008-02-27 0.1800 0.625000
2007-11-28 0.1800 0.556586
2007-08-29 0.1800 0.455235
2007-05-23 0.1800 0.381518
2007-02-21 0.1800 0.379987
2006-11-21 0.1800 0.421447
2006-08-23 0.1600 0.507453
2006-05-24 0.1600 0.484555
2006-02-22 0.1600 0.432432
2005-11-22 0.1600 0.469484
2005-08-24 0.1600 0.482800
2005-05-25 0.1600 0.554401
2005-02-23 0.1600 0.458453
2004-11-23 0.1600 0.438596
2004-08-25 0.1500 0.382166
2004-05-26 0.1500 0.421941
2004-02-25 0.1500 0.442478
2003-11-25 0.1500 0.518135
2003-08-27 0.1500 0.560329
2003-05-28 0.1300 0.449050
2003-02-26 0.1300 0.590909
2002-11-26 0.1300 0.542571
2002-08-28 0.1300 0.539643
2002-05-29 0.1300 0.518135
2002-02-20 0.1300 0.385986
2001-11-28 0.1300 0.357437
2001-08-29 0.1300 0.329531
2001-05-23 0.1300 0.348339
2001-02-21 0.1100 0.321168
2000-11-21 0.1100 0.437811
2000-10-02 13.4630 71.091749
2000-08-23 0.1100 0.291632
2000-05-24 0.1100 0.402746
2000-02-23 0.1100 0.480874
1999-11-23 0.1100 0.577049
1999-08-25 0.1100 0.461942
1999-05-26 0.1100 0.440000
1999-02-24 0.1100 0.451282
1998-11-24 0.1100 0.349901
1998-08-26 0.1100 0.464380
1998-05-27 0.1100 0.330206
1998-02-25 0.1000 0.306513
1997-11-25 0.1000 0.380952
1997-08-27 0.1000 0.367816
1997-05-28 0.1000 0.400000
1997-02-26 0.1000 0.414508
1996-11-20 0.1000 0.384615
1996-08-21 0.0900 0.330275
1996-05-22 0.0900 0.321429
1995-11-21 0.0900 0.384000
1995-08-23 0.0900 0.347826
1995-05-22 0.0700 0.339394
1995-02-17 0.0700 0.402878
1994-11-18 0.0700 0.509091
1994-08-22 0.0700 0.520930
1994-05-23 0.0650 0.521303
1994-02-18 0.0650 0.500000
1993-11-19 0.0650 0.471655
1993-08-23 0.0650 0.522613
1993-05-24 0.0650 0.569863
1993-02-22 0.0650 0.697987
1992-11-20 0.0650 0.577778
1992-08-17 0.0650 0.503632
1992-05-18 0.0650 0.565217
1992-02-24 0.0650 0.668810
1991-11-18 0.0650 0.822134
1991-08-19 0.0650 0.866667
1991-05-20 0.0650 0.888889
1991-04-09 0.3165 3.669565
1991-02-12 0.0650 0.784906
1990-11-16 0.0650 0.920354
1990-08-20 0.0650 0.828685
1990-05-21 0.0650 0.842105
1990-02-16 0.0650 0.759124
1989-11-17 0.0650 0.722222
1989-08-21 0.0650 0.666667
1989-05-22 0.0650 0.647975
1989-02-17 0.0650 0.615385
1988-11-21 0.0575 0.617450
1988-08-23 0.0575 0.621622
1988-05-24 0.0575 0.664260
1988-02-19 0.0575 0.684015
1987-11-27 0.0575 0.754098
1986-11-26 0.0575 0.736000
1986-08-13 0.0575 0.814159
1986-05-21 0.0575 0.769874
1986-02-20 0.0575 0.948454
1985-11-26 0.0575 0.893204
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.85
dividendYield 2.18
exDividendDate 2026-08-28
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.823
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.021674642
lastDividendValue 0.473
lastDividendDate 2026-08-28
dividendDate 2026-09-11

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.03514421
Address1 Two Seaport Lane
Address2 Suite 1400
All Time High 117.46
All Time Low 4.0
Ask 83.74
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 2.5 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 336,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 516,519
Average Volume 516,519
Average Volume10Days 336,770
Beta 0.839
Bid 83.63
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 1
Book Value 31.086
City Boston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 83.65
Current Ratio 1.467
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 85.53
Day Low 83.015
Debt To Equity 74.394
Display Name Cabot
Dividend Date 1,789,084,800
Dividend Rate 1.85
Dividend Yield 2.18
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,844,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,844,800
Earnings Growth -0.937
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.941
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,787,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,649,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,649,600
Ebitda 736,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.20253
Enterprise To Ebitda 7.456
Enterprise To Revenue 1.51
Enterprise Value 5,487,933,952
Eps Current Year 6.36062
Eps Forward 6.9869
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.53
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 617 342 6103
Fifty Day Average 87.7352
Fifty Day Average Change -4.0851974
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.04656281
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 3.514421
Fifty Two Week High 94.53
Fifty Two Week High Change -10.879997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11509571
Fifty Two Week Low 58.33
Fifty Two Week Low Change 25.32
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.43408194
Fifty Two Week Range 58.33 - 94.53
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 342,282,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.15
Float Shares 50,864,803
Forward Eps 6.9869
Forward P E 11.972406
Free Cashflow 258,250,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 4,064
Fullday Change -0.457497
Fullday Change Percent -0.543943
Fullday Price 83.65
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.24215999
Gross Profits 880,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01344
Held Percent Institutions 1.06381
Implied Shares Outstanding 51,621,417
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Last Dividend Value 0.473
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,190,400
Last Split Date 827,712,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Cabot Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 4,318,131,712
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_172131
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 187,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 4,366,950,572
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 84.27
Operating Cashflow 497,000,000
Operating Margins 0.14257
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.5105
Peg Ratio 1.0
Phone 617 345 0100
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 83.65
Post Market Time 1,787,961,390
Previous Close 84.1075
Price Eps Current Year 13.151234
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.690922
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.1882586
Profit Margins 0.05228
Quick Ratio 0.864
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.5
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.457497
Regular Market Change Percent -0.543943
Regular Market Day High 85.53
Regular Market Day Low 83.015
Regular Market Day Range 83.015 - 85.53
Regular Market Open 84.27
Regular Market Previous Close 84.1075
Regular Market Price 83.65
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 399,733
Return On Assets 0.088970006
Return On Equity 0.13345
Revenue Growth 0.064
Revenue Per Share 69.417
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 51,621,417
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0796
Shares Short 4,111,755
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 3,474,022
Short Name Cabot Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.1088
Short Ratio 8.97
Source Interval 15
State MA
Symbol CBT
Target High Price 100.0
Target Low Price 78.0
Target Mean Price 91.33333
Target Median Price 91.0
Total Cash 250,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.842
Total Debt 1,290,000,000
Total Revenue 3,633,999,872
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.823
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.021674642
Trailing Eps 3.53
Trailing P E 23.696884
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 77.0519
Two Hundred Day Average Change 6.5980988
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08563187
Type Disp Equity
Volume 399,733
Website https://www.cabotcorp.com
Zip 02,210-2019