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Cabot Corporation

MaterialsChemicals
Ticker CBTBOSTON, MAFiscal year ends SeptemberBook value per share $30.63Diluted shares 52.4M

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company that makes reinforcing and specialty carbons, specialty compounds, conductive additives, carbon nanotubes, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants and aerogel for customers in tire and automotive, construction, infrastructure,… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, Cabot Corporation reported revenue of $3.71B, down 7.0% from fiscal 2024, and net income of $376.00M. Its operating margin was 16.7%, and operations generated $665.00M in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $3.63B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 09-30Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$3.71BFY2025
−7.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $3.63B
16.73%FY2025
+1.4 percentage points
Last 12 mo 13.57%
$376.00MFY2025
−11.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $228.00M
21.35%FY2025
−5.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 11.84%
Cash & financing
$665.00MFY2025
−3.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $497.00M
$391.00MFY2025
−13.3% year over year
Last 12 mo $281.00M
0.73FY2025
Was 0.80× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.79
54.2MFY2025
−2.7% year over year
Last 12 mo 52.4M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Cabot Corporation does

In the company’s own words

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company that makes reinforcing and specialty carbons, specialty compounds, conductive additives, carbon nanotubes, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants and aerogel for customers in tire and automotive, construction, infrastructure, electronics, energy storage, printing and consumer-product markets. Its two reportable segments are Reinforcement Materials, which supplies carbon products and engineered elastomer composites for tires and industrial rubber products, and Performance Chemicals, which includes specialty carbons and compounds, battery materials, fumed metal oxides, aerogel and inkjet products. Its materials provide properties such as reinforcement, color, conductivity, insulation, thickening and abrasion resistance across customer applications. Cabot operates manufacturing facilities and businesses in the United States and more than 20 other countries; in fiscal 2025, it had approximately 4,100 employees. Founded in 1882, the company sells products under brands including E2C and EVOLVE Sustainable Solutions. Its website is www.cabotcorp.com.

Company details
Sector
Materials
Industry (SIC)
Chemicals
Headquarters
BOSTON, MA
Fiscal year end
September
CIK
16040
SIC
2890

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2013–2025 · USD
$-790.70M$603.40M$2.00B$3.39B$4.79B2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Cabot Corporation — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

369
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$2.36B
held by funds, at market
52.7%
of shares held by funds
4
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Cabot Corporation’s weight in each

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
AVUV · American Century ETF Trust
0.70%of fund net assets
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF
IJH · iShares Trust
0.13%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Fund
UBVLX · UNDISCOVERED MANAGERS FUNDS
1.63%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.15%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Cabot Corporation’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 4 issues of Cabot Corporation’s debt, $115.03M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.58%, maturing 2026 to 2032.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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