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Cabot Corporation (CBT)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Boston, United States | NYSE
74.43 USD +1.01 (1.376%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 74.44 +0.01 (0.013%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:03 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:54 p.m. EDT

Cabot Corporation (CBT) presents a mixed outlook. Short-term, the stock has shown modest momentum with recent price movements hovering around the 74.62 level, which is close to its 52-week low. The dividend yield of 2.41% and consistent dividend payouts make it attractive for income-focused investors. Long-term, the fundamentals are relatively strong with a solid return on equity and positive earnings growth expectations, despite some earnings contraction. However, the stock's recent performance and the mixed options activity suggest caution. While the stock may offer a buying opportunity for long-term investors, short-term traders should monitor the momentum and options data for potential entry points.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.043914
AutoETS0.043994
MSTL0.044119
AutoTheta0.047386

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.90
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.077
Excess Kurtosis -0.68
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-02-26
Last Dividend Date 2026-02-26
Debt to Equity Ratio 65.124
Revenue per Share 67.674
Market Cap 3,886,853,888
Trailing P/E 13.01
Forward P/E 10.85
Beta 0.83
Profit Margins 8.62%
Website https://www.cabotcorp.com

As of April 11, 2026, 2:54 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates a mix of bullish and bearish sentiment. The calls show higher open interest and volume on the upside, particularly around strikes like 85.0 and 90.0, which may suggest speculation on potential price increases. Conversely, puts have significant open interest and volume on the downside, especially around strikes like 65.0 and 75.0, indicating some bearish positioning. The ATM IV for calls is higher than for puts, suggesting more volatility expectations on the upside. However, the overall options activity is not strongly aligned in one direction, indicating uncertainty.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.59% 2.49% 2.18% 2.24%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-02-27 0.4500 0.591017
2025-11-28 0.4500 0.723489
2025-08-29 0.4500 0.558978
2025-05-30 0.4500 0.613771
2025-02-28 0.4300 0.512431
2024-11-29 0.4300 0.404050
2024-08-30 0.4300 0.423048
2024-05-31 0.4300 0.436468
2024-02-22 0.4000 0.504932
2023-11-22 0.4000 0.542120
2023-08-24 0.4000 0.608513
2023-05-25 0.4000 0.607563
2023-02-23 0.3700 0.504664
2022-11-23 0.3700 0.536759
2022-08-25 0.3700 0.513978
2022-05-26 0.3700 0.552705
2022-02-24 0.3700 0.557848
2021-11-24 0.3700 0.692983
2021-08-26 0.3500 0.728411
2021-05-27 0.3500 0.611192
2021-02-25 0.3500 0.782108
2020-11-25 0.3500 0.899635
2020-08-27 0.3500 1.040093
2020-05-28 0.3500 1.091873
2020-02-27 0.3500 1.089867
2019-11-27 0.3500 0.852746
2019-08-29 0.3500 1.036870
2019-05-30 0.3500 1.008943
2019-02-21 0.3300 0.842852
2018-11-29 0.3300 0.815310
2018-08-30 0.3300 0.613012
2018-05-24 0.3300 0.681712
2018-02-22 0.3150 0.601886
2017-11-22 0.3150 0.636287
2017-08-23 0.3150 0.746360
2017-05-24 0.3150 0.736610
2017-02-22 0.3000 0.644032
2016-11-22 0.3000 0.723591
2016-08-24 0.3000 0.765009
2016-05-25 0.3000 0.837556
2016-02-24 0.2200 0.645251
2015-11-24 0.2200 0.655942
2015-08-26 0.2200 0.864247
2015-05-27 0.2200 0.675610
2015-02-25 0.2200 0.622073
2014-11-25 0.2200 0.623521
2014-08-27 0.2200 0.535035
2014-05-28 0.2200 0.517185
2014-02-26 0.2000 0.492032
2013-11-26 0.2000 0.547625
2013-08-28 0.2000 0.671959
2013-05-29 0.2000 0.664168
2013-02-27 0.2000 0.735908
2012-11-28 0.2000 0.728293
2012-08-29 0.2000 0.780910
2012-05-30 0.2000 0.720930
2012-02-22 0.1800 0.606523
2011-11-22 0.1800 0.830195
2011-08-25 0.1800 0.804543
2011-05-25 0.1800 0.616983
2011-02-23 0.1800 0.607278
2010-11-23 0.1800 0.742214
2010-08-25 0.1800 0.927496
2010-05-26 0.1800 0.953924
2010-02-24 0.1800 0.886374
2009-11-24 0.1800 1.146122
2009-08-26 0.1800 1.287177
2009-05-27 0.1800 1.596341
2009-02-25 0.1800 2.476280
2008-11-25 0.1800 1.397940
2008-08-27 0.1800 1.026912
2008-05-28 0.1800 0.882257
2008-02-27 0.1800 0.968343
2007-11-28 0.1800 0.867776
2007-08-29 0.1800 0.713844
2007-05-23 0.1800 0.601071
2007-02-21 0.1800 0.600943
2006-11-21 0.1800 0.669030
2006-08-23 0.1600 0.808909
2006-05-24 0.1600 0.776358
2006-02-22 0.1600 0.696254
2005-11-22 0.1600 0.759179
2005-08-24 0.1600 0.784357
2005-05-25 0.1600 0.905030
2005-02-23 0.1600 0.752538
2004-11-23 0.1600 0.723286
2004-08-25 0.1500 0.633001
2004-05-26 0.1500 0.701578
2004-02-25 0.1500 0.738846
2003-11-25 0.1500 0.869103
2003-08-27 0.1500 0.944940
2003-05-28 0.1300 0.761540
2003-02-26 0.1300 1.006618
2002-11-26 0.1300 0.929777
2002-08-28 0.1300 0.929736
2002-05-29 0.1300 0.897378
2002-02-20 0.1300 0.671905
2001-11-28 0.1300 0.624625
2001-08-29 0.1300 0.577885
2001-05-23 0.1300 0.612899
2001-02-21 0.1100 0.567041
2000-11-21 0.1100 0.775372
2000-10-02 13.4630 126.471282
2000-08-23 0.1100 0.902071
2000-05-24 0.1100 1.249356
2000-02-23 0.1100 1.497877
1999-11-23 0.1100 1.806137
1999-08-25 0.1100 1.454086
1999-05-26 0.1100 1.391444
1999-02-24 0.1100 1.433337
1998-11-24 0.1100 1.116245
1998-08-26 0.1100 1.486678
1998-05-27 0.1100 1.062011
1998-02-25 0.1000 0.989076
1997-11-25 0.1000 1.233082
1997-08-27 0.1000 1.195115
1997-05-28 0.1000 1.304507
1997-02-26 0.1000 1.357251
1996-11-20 0.1000 1.264587
1996-08-21 0.0900 1.090053
1996-05-22 0.0900 1.064354
1995-11-21 0.0900 1.275648
1995-08-23 0.0900 1.159898
1995-05-22 0.0700 1.135798
1995-02-17 0.0700 1.352826
1994-11-18 0.0700 1.716472
1994-08-22 0.0700 1.765377
1994-05-23 0.0650 1.775849
1994-02-18 0.0650 1.712226
1993-11-19 0.0650 1.623258
1993-08-23 0.0650 1.806988
1993-05-24 0.0650 1.980357
1993-02-22 0.0650 2.439393
1992-11-20 0.0650 2.032571
1992-08-17 0.0650 1.781999
1992-05-18 0.0650 2.010006
1992-02-24 0.0650 2.391919
1991-11-18 0.0650 2.959996
1991-08-19 0.0650 3.145109
1991-05-20 0.0650 3.252816
1991-04-09 0.3165 13.546370
1991-02-12 0.0650 3.006256
1990-11-16 0.0650 3.553028
1990-08-20 0.0650 3.228858
1990-05-21 0.0650 3.308239
1990-02-16 0.0650 3.007676
1989-11-17 0.0650 2.883357
1989-08-21 0.0650 2.681198
1989-05-22 0.0650 2.623182
1989-02-17 0.0650 2.506581
1988-11-21 0.0575 2.530564
1988-08-23 0.0575 2.563491
1988-05-24 0.0575 2.756404
1988-02-19 0.0575 2.857358
1987-11-27 0.0575 3.171895
1986-11-26 0.0575 3.118818
1986-08-13 0.0575 3.475810
1986-05-21 0.0575 3.313970
1986-02-20 0.0575 4.114347
1985-11-26 0.0575 3.911977
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.8
dividendYield 2.42
exDividendDate 2026-02-27
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.78
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.024244076
lastDividendValue 0.45
lastDividendDate 2026-02-27
dividendDate 2026-03-13

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.03525597
Address1 Two Seaport Lane
Address2 Suite 1400
All Time High 117.46
All Time Low 4.0
Ask 78.0
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 2.8 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 338,900
Average Daily Volume3 Month 464,970
Average Volume 464,970
Average Volume10Days 338,900
Beta 0.831
Bid 70.25
Bid Size 400
Board Risk 1
Book Value 30.163
City Boston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 74.43
Current Ratio 1.667
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 75.4
Day Low 72.58
Debt To Equity 65.124
Display Name Cabot
Dividend Date 1,773,360,000
Dividend Rate 1.8
Dividend Yield 2.42
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,068,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,068,800
Earnings Growth -0.182
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.215
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,011,200
Ebitda 763,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.21153
Enterprise To Ebitda 6.47
Enterprise To Revenue 1.369
Enterprise Value 4,936,854,016
Eps Current Year 6.23008
Eps Forward 6.85935
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.72
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,772,150,400
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 73.4416
Fifty Day Average Change 0.9884033
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.013458358
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -3.5255969
Fifty Two Week High 83.71
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.279999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.1108589
Fifty Two Week Low 58.33
Fifty Two Week Low Change 16.099998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.27601573
Fifty Two Week Range 58.33 - 83.71
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 342,282,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.16
Float Shares 51,570,401
Forward Eps 6.85935
Forward P E 10.850883
Free Cashflow 291,624,992
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 4,064
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.25561002
Gross Profits 922,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01329
Held Percent Institutions 1.01392
Implied Shares Outstanding 52,221,604
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,772,150,400
Last Dividend Value 0.45
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 3,886,853,888
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_172131
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 306,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,726,400
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,886,853,985
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 73.28
Operating Cashflow 667,000,000
Operating Margins 0.15194
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.31120002
Phone 617 345 0100
Post Market Change 0.010002136
Post Market Change Percent 0.013438312
Post Market Price 74.44
Post Market Time 1,776,467,023
Previous Close 73.42
Price Eps Current Year 11.946877
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.4675927
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.0775863
Profit Margins 0.086219996
Quick Ratio 0.968
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.8
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.01
Regular Market Change Percent 1.37565
Regular Market Day High 75.4
Regular Market Day Low 72.58
Regular Market Day Range 72.58 - 75.4
Regular Market Open 73.28
Regular Market Previous Close 73.42
Regular Market Price 74.43
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 354,641
Return On Assets 0.10221
Return On Equity 0.21825
Revenue Growth -0.111
Revenue Per Share 67.674
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 52,221,604
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0519
Shares Short 2,710,869
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,733,591
Short Name Cabot Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0706
Short Ratio 5.98
Source Interval 15
State MA
Symbol CBT
Target High Price 85.0
Target Low Price 68.0
Target Mean Price 77.8
Target Median Price 80.0
Total Cash 230,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 4.404
Total Debt 1,126,000,000
Total Revenue 3,607,000,064
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.78
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.024244076
Trailing Eps 5.72
Trailing P E 13.0122385
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 72.4947
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.9353027
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.026695784
Type Disp Equity
Volume 354,641
Website https://www.cabotcorp.com
Zip 02,210-2019