CBT

Cabot Corp.

Basic Materials · $4.1B market cap

Verdict

Share price

$76.95

close of Oct 3, 2026

Fair value

$75.07

Sticker Price

Payback Price

$30.03

buy price

Fairly Valued

CBT is Fairly Valued: at $76.95 it's within 3% of its fair value of $75.07. Its buy price (Payback Price) is $30.03, 61% below today's price. Business quality is limited: only 1 of 5 key numbers clears the 10% bar.

How we valued it

Owner Earnings. Earnings grow slowly (under 7% a year), but cash flow is steady, so we value it on its cash flow instead of its earnings.

Business quality

1 of 5 clear the 10% bar. What are the Big Five?

Earnings per share growth6.4% a year✗
Equity per share growth-0.1% a year✗
Sales growth2.0% a year✗
Free cash flow growth3.8% a year✗
Return on invested capital15.6%✓

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Superinvestors

1 of the investors we track holds CBT. In Q2 2026, 1 added. Who we track

Moves in Q2 2026

Added: First Eagle Investment Management

Insider activity

Since Jun 12, 2026: no open-market purchases, 3 sales worth $19.6M and 12 other filings (stock awards, tax withholding and similar). Why purchases matter

Sales

Other filings

About Cabot Corp.

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

Chemicals - Specialty

Fair value and Payback Price are estimates from the company's reported financials, not investment advice. Prices as of the close of Oct 3, 2026. How the Payback Price works

CBT stock (Cabot Corp.): fair value $75.07, Fairly Valued — PaybackPrice