NYSE:CBT - Cabot Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cabot trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CBT."

Cabot declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Cabot's Dividend History.

Cabot announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, July 16th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 10.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Cabot Corp (NYSE:CBT) released its earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.06. The specialty chemicals company earned $827 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $849.44 million. Cabot had a return on equity of 19.06% and a net margin of 4.70%. Cabot's revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.00 earnings per share. View Cabot's Earnings History.

Cabot is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cabot.

Cabot will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Cabot issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.60-4.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.30.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Cabot's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Cabot's share price to reach $44.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cabot.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cabot in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Cabot.

News headlines about CBT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cabot earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Cabot.

Cabot saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 799,600 shares, a drop of 11.6% from the December 31st total of 904,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 271,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's shares are short sold. View Cabot's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cabot investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Broadcom (AVGO), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), Ford Motor (F), Pfizer (PFE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Cabot's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Strs Ohio (0.58%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.56%), Cabot Wellington LLC (0.36%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.33%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%). Company insiders that own Cabot stock include Brian A Berube, Gottberg Friedrich Von, Hobart Kalkstein, James Patrick Kelly, Michael M Morrow, Nicholas S Cross, Patrick M Prevost and Sean D Keohane. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cabot.

CBT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cabot Wellington LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Biltmore Wealth Management LLC and Dupont Capital Management Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cabot.

CBT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, California Public Employees Retirement System, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA and Zeke Capital Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cabot.

Shares of CBT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CBT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.30.

Cabot has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion and generates $3.34 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $157 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.91 on an earnings per share basis. Cabot employs 4,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cabot.

The official website for Cabot is http://www.cabot-corp.com/.

Cabot's mailing address is TWO SEAPORT LANE SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA, 02210. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 617-345-0100 or via email at [email protected]