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Cabot Corp. (CBT)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Cabot Corp. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Cabot Corp.

Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company that produces reinforcing and specialty carbons, specialty compounds, conductive additives, carbon nanotubes, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, and aerogel. Its products serve industries such as tire manufacturing and automotive, where reinforcing carbons are used to enhance physical properties like durability, traction, and resistance in tires and industrial rubber products. Cabot operates manufacturing facilities in the United States and over 20 other countries, supplying customers worldwide including major tire manufacturers.

Snapshot

Revenue
$3.71B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-7.0%
Net income
$331.0M
Diluted EPS
$6.02
Gross margin
25.3%
Operating margin
16.7%
Net margin
8.9%
FCF margin
10.5%
ROE
19.4%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
21.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$3.88B
Long-term debt / equity
0.50×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended September 30, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Cabot

  • Revenue fell 7.0% to $3.7B in FY2025, slower than the 1.6% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 16.7% in FY2025, +3.4 pp against 13.3% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $982M, up 6.4% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $391M in FY2025, 10.5% of revenue.
  • Net income fell 12.9% to $331M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Cabot’s fundamentals sit among the 225 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin25.3%
48th percentile of 177
Operating margin16.7%
84th percentile of 174
Net margin8.9%
79th percentile of 206
FCF margin10.5%
81st percentile of 191
Revenue growth (YoY)-7.0%
22nd percentile of 220
ROE19.4%
86th percentile of 200
P/E21.2×
55th percentile of 114
Long-term debt / equity0.50×
41st percentile of 156
Short interest10.14d
97th percentile of 221

Cabot’s return on equity of 19.4% ranks in the 86th percentile of the 200 Materials companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 3 insider sales totaling $19.6M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 4 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+4 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
4
3 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$150.8M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$79.0M870.1KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$44.4M489.3KAdded
First Eagle Investment ManagementQ2 2026$18.9M208.4KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$4.3M47.4KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$1.9M21.0KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$1.4M15.4KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$850,0759.4KReduced

No longer held by: Two Sigma Investments (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
3
$19.6M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-28
filed 2026-08-31
Sean D. KeohanePresident and CEOSell134.9K$85.00$11.5M
2026-08-24
filed 2026-08-26
Sean D. KeohanePresident and CEOSell2.8K$85.50$238K
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-11
Sean D. KeohanePresident and CEOSell91.9K$86.41$7.9M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
4.4M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-5.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
10.14
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
436.0K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-304.4M-5.1%10.14
2026-09-154.7M+2.1%12.82
2026-08-314.6M+10.9%13.48
2026-08-144.1M+9.4%7.09
2026-07-313.8M+8.2%10.16
2026-07-153.5M-7.8%7.61
2026-06-303.8M+16.9%4.27
2026-06-153.2M-10.8%6.38

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$3.71B$3.99B$3.93B$4.32B$3.41B
Gross profit
Operating income$621.0M$614.0M$526.0M$389.0M$454.0M
Net income$331.0M$380.0M$445.0M$209.0M$250.0M
Diluted EPS$6.02$6.72$7.73$3.62$4.34

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$258.0M$223.0M$238.0M$206.0M$168.0M
Current assets$1.54B$1.60B$1.63B$1.82B$1.43B
Total assets$3.81B$3.74B$3.60B$3.52B$3.31B
Current liabilities$957.0M$772.0M$822.0M$1.10B$1.15B
Long-term debt$856.0M$1.09B$1.09B$1.09B$717.0M
Total liabilities
Total equity$1.71B$1.59B$1.41B$1.03B$1.09B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$665.0M$692.0M$595.0M$100.0M$257.0M
Capital expenditure$274.0M$241.0M$244.0M$211.0M$195.0M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$982.0M6.4%$6.0M$0.12
Q2 FY2026$904.0M-3.4%$68.0M$1.27
Q1 FY2026$849.0M-11.1%$73.0M$1.37
Q4 FY2025-10.2%
Q3 FY2025$923.0M-9.2%$101.0M$1.86
Q2 FY2025$936.0M-8.1%$94.0M$1.69
Q1 FY2025$955.0M-0.3%$93.0M$1.67
Q4 FY20243.7%

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorMaterials
SIC industryMiscellaneous Chemical Products
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended September 30, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2017
SEC CIK16040

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-04
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10-Q2026-05-06
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10-Q2026-02-04
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8-K2026-09-15
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8-K2026-08-21
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8-K2026-08-14
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8-K2026-08-03
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.