How to buy Cabot Corporation stock (CBT)

Cabot Corporation is a specialty chemicals business based in the US. Cabot Corporation shares (CBT) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $103.38 – a decrease of 2.4% over the previous week.

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Cabot Corporation stock price (NYSE: CBT)

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Cabot Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-12.

Latest market close	$103.38
52-week range	$69.43 - $117.00
50-day moving average more info button	$110.63
200-day moving average more info button	$100.16
Wall St. target price	$117.60
PE ratio more info button	15.6265
Dividend yield more info button	$1.66 (1.64%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$6.72

Is it a good time to buy Cabot Corporation stock?

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Cabot Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $103.38 from 2024-12-13

1 week (2024-12-09)	-2.97%
1 month (2024-11-15)	-4.99%
3 months (2024-09-16)	-2.06%
6 months (2024-06-14)	6.58%

1 year (2023-12-15)	26.55%
2 years (2022-12-16)	60.33%
3 years (2021-12-16)	99.43%
5 years (2019-12-16)	147.07%

Is Cabot Corporation stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Cabot Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Cabot Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Cabot Corporation's P/E ratio

Cabot Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 16x. In other words, Cabot Corporation shares trade at around 16x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Cabot Corporation's PEG ratio

Cabot Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.83. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Cabot Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Cabot Corporation's EBITDA

Cabot Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $781 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Cabot Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Cabot Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$4 billion
Operating margin TTM	15.29%
Gross profit TTM	$839 million
Return on assets TTM	10.73%
Return on equity TTM	28.3%
Profit margin	9.51%
Book value	$26.24
Market Capitalization more info button	$5.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Cabot Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 23.94% of net profits

Recently Cabot Corporation has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Cabot Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Cabot Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $1.66 per share.

While Cabot Corporation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Cabot Corporation is investing more in its future growth.

Cabot Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 12 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Cabot Corporation's shares ever split?

Cabot Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 24 March 1996 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Cabot Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Cabot Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Cabot Corporation's share price.

Cabot Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Cabot Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $69.4254 up to $116.9987. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Cabot Corporation's is 1.189. This would suggest that Cabot Corporation's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Cabot Corporation overview

Cabot Corporation operates as a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. The company operates through two segments, Reinforcement Materials and Performance Chemicals. It 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. The company 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.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Cabot Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.18% of Cabot Corporation shares are held by insiders and 96.844% by institutions. When does the fiscal year end for Cabot Corporation?
Cabot Corporation's fiscal year ends in September. Where is Cabot Corporation based?
Cabot Corporation's address is: Two Seaport Lane, Boston, MA, United States, 02210-2019 What is Cabot Corporation's ISIN number?
Cabot Corporation's international securities identification number is: US1270551013 What is Cabot Corporation's CUSIP number?
Cabot Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 127055101