Cabot (CBT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1882 by Godfrey Lowell Cabot, the company develops and manufactures materials used by industrial and consumer-product manufacturers worldwide.

Cabot’s products include reinforcing carbon blacks used in tires, automotive components, and other rubber products; specialty carbon blacks used in coatings, plastics, inks, and batteries; and fumed silica used in adhesives, sealants, coatings, and personal-care applications. The company also produces specialty chemicals and materials, including cesium formate fluids used in oil and gas drilling and activated carbon products used for purification and environmental applications.

Cabot serves customers across a range of industries and operates through a global network of manufacturing facilities, research and development centers, and sales offices. Sean D. Keohane serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $76.93 to $78.68
• 50-Day Range: $76.29 to $91.50
• 52-Week Range: $58.33 to $94.53
• Volume: 376,702 shs
• Average Volume: 462,988 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.98 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.73
• Dividend Yield: 2.45%
• Price Target: $89.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Cabot Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cabot scored higher than 70% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 122nd out of 231 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Cabot has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Cabot has a consensus price target of $89.00, representing about 15.4% upside from its current price of $77.14.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cabot has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cabot are expected to grow by 11.50% in the coming year, from $6.35 to $7.08 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cabot is 21.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cabot is 21.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.13.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Cabot has a PEG Ratio of 10.10. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cabot has a P/B Ratio of 2.41. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

9.31% of the float of Cabot has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cabot has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 12.82, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cabot has recently increased by 2.14%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Cabot pays a meaningful dividend of 2.46%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Cabot has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cabot is 53.24%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Cabot will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.69% next year. This indicates that Cabot will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.51

News Sentiment

Cabot has a news sentiment score of 0.51. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Cabot this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Cabot to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cabot insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $19,646,746.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.08% of the stock of Cabot is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

93.18% of the stock of Cabot is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/03/2026
• Record date for 9/11 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/11 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/11/2026
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Commodity Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CBT
• CIK: 16040
• Web: www.cabotcorp.com
• Phone: (617) 345-0100
• Fax: 617-342-6103
• Employees: 4,100
• Year Founded: 1882

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cabot: $89.00
• High Price Target: $100.00
• Low Price Target: $78.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.14
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.15
• P/E Growth: 10.1
• Net Income: $331 million
• Net Margins: 5.23%
• Pretax Margin: 11.31%
• Return on Equity: 20.29%
• Return on Assets: 9.01%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.48
• Current Ratio: 1.47
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.71 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.07
• Cash Flow: $10.42 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.40
• Book Value: $32.05 per share
• Price / Book: 2.41

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 51,620,000
• Free Float: 50,031,000
• Market Cap: $3.98 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.83