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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Cabot Corp.CBT · chemicals | |
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| Grade |  Bsecond fifth of 331 graded peers; percentile 26.7, sampling error 2.7 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 81 of 331 |
| Profitability | Bpercentile 28.6 |
| Solvency | B/Cpercentile 41.4 |
| Growth and financing | Cpercentile 56.3 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $3.8B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 11 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Nov 24, 2025319 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $75.612026-10-08; market equity $3.9B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Nov 24, 2025; the document on sec.gov.
Cabot is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Our principal products are reinforcing and specialty carbons, specialty compounds, conductive additives, carbon nanotubes, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, and aerogel. Cabot and its affiliates have manufacturing facilities and operations in the United States (“U.S.”) and over 20 other countries. Cabot’s business was founded in 1882 and incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1960. The terms “Cabot”, “Company”, “we”, and “our” as used in this report refer to Cabot Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 28.6 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 24.6% | [1,3] | 21.3% | 34.6 | 359 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Return on invested capital | 17.4% | [4-12] | 9.5% | 19.5 | 124 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Accruals ratio | (8.8%) | [1,13-15] | (4.2%) | 24.8 | 400 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 1.8 pts | [2-3,16-23] | 2.2 pts | 35.3 | 301 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 41.4 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.05% | |||||
| liabilities and a nearby cover-page share count are required at 2026-06-30 | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | not computable | 3.41 | |||||
| one or more required annual facts are missing | |||||||
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.08x | [4,7,9,24] | 1.88x | 26.8 | 150 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Interest coverage | 8.17x | [4,25] | 4.16x | 28.7 | 88 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Current ratio | 1.61x | [26-27] | 2.20x | 68.5 | 423 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 56.3 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | (4.9%) | [2,17,19,21] | 1.2% | 76.5 | 350 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | not computable | 12.6% | |||||
| current FCF must be positive and base FCF must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Reinvestment rate | (32.3%) | [4-6,24,26-30] | 24.3% | 82.2 | 170 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Asset growth, three years | 2.7% | [1,15,31-32] | 2.9% | 51.6 | 369 | 2025-09-30 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (2.7%) | [33-34] | 0.0% | 15.0 | 321 | 2025-11-14 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.171; sampling error 2.7 percentile points on 331 peers.
Among 331 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Tennant Co. (TNC) Tennant Co. (TNC) Bsecond fifth; percentile 25.2 NYSE · Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery market equity $1.1B; last close $65.98 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 25.2 | B | |
| 77 | Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTX) Bsecond fifth; percentile 25.5 NYSE · Industrial Inorganic Chemicals market equity $2.0B; last close $64.71 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 25.5 | B | |
| 78 | Armstrong World Industries Inc. (AWI) Armstrong World Industries Inc. (AWI) Bsecond fifth; percentile 25.6 NYSE · Plastics Products, NEC market equity $6.9B; last close $162.99 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 25.6 | B | |
| 79 | ATI Inc. (ATI) ATI Inc. (ATI) Bsecond fifth; percentile 26.0 NYSE · Steel Pipe & Tubes market equity $25.6B; last close $188.09 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 26.0 | B | |
| 80 | Xylem Inc. (XYL) Xylem Inc. (XYL) Bsecond fifth; percentile 26.4 NYSE · Pumps & Pumping Equipment market equity $23.8B; last close $102.02 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 26.4 | B | |
| 81 | Cabot Corp. (CBT) Cabot Corp. (CBT) Bsecond fifth; percentile 26.7 NYSE · Miscellaneous Chemical Products market equity $3.9B; last close $75.61 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 26.7 | B | |
| 82 | Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp. (ZWS) Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp. (ZWS) Bsecond fifth; percentile 26.8 NYSE · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment market equity $7.7B; last close $46.29 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 26.8 | B | |
| 83 | Flexible Solutions International Inc. (FSI) Flexible Solutions International Inc. (FSI) Bsecond fifth; percentile 27.0 NYSE · Miscellaneous Chemical Products market equity $77.3M; last close $6.22 Warnings: late filer; 9 of 14 inputs | 27.0 | B | late filer |
| 84 | Carlisle Companies Inc. (CSL) Carlisle Companies Inc. (CSL) Bsecond fifth; percentile 27.2 NYSE · Fabricated Rubber Products, NEC market equity $12.8B; last close $321.33 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 27.2 | B | |
| 85 | Balchem Corp. (BCPC) Balchem Corp. (BCPC) Bsecond fifth; percentile 27.3 Nasdaq · Chemicals & Allied Products market equity $5.4B; last close $168.52 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 27.3 | B | |
| 86 | CRH Public Ltd. Co. (CRH) CRH Public Ltd. Co. (CRH) Bsecond fifth; percentile 27.6 NYSE · Cement, Hydraulic market equity $54.5B; last close $81.88 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 27.6 | B |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | B | 33.5 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | B | 26.7 | 331 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | B | 31.6 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | B | 26.1 | 331 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 331 graded peers, about 66 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 10.8% | 13.8% | 46 | hotter than 46 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (19.0%) | (24.2%) | 63 | closer to its high than 63 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 13.1% | 3.9% | 96 | pricier than 4 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 10.0% | 3.2% | 89 | pricier than 11 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.41 | 0.39 | 52 | pricier than 48 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.95 | 0.57 | 67 | pricier than 33 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | (21.9%) | (9.9%) | 21 | more equity-funded than 21 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | (0.07) | (0.02) | 43 | ahead of 43 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $3.9B; EBIT $621.0M; free cash flow $391.0M; book equity $1.6B; sales $3.7B; debt $1.1B; cash $250.0M[35].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 6 of 9, period end 2025-09-30 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 8.9% | ✓ pass[13,15] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $665.0M | ✓ pass[14] |
| Return on assets improved | (1.7 pts) | ✗ fail[13,15,31,36] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $334.0M | ✓ pass[13-14] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (6.9 pts) | ✓ pass[1,15,31,37-38] |
| Current ratio improved | (47.1 pts) | ✗ fail[26-27,29-30] |
| No new shares issued | (2.7%) | ✓ pass[33-34] |
| Gross margin improved | 1.3 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,16-17] |
| Asset turnover improved | (11.4 pts) | ✗ fail[2,15,17,31] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $250.0M[39] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $497.0M[14,39-43] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 66 |
| 10-Q received Aug 4, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $30.1M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 319 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.8B | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $3.7B | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $940.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $621.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments | $565.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $196.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $1.1B | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $1.6B | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $258.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | total debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebt | $1.1B | 2024-09-30 | 2024-11-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $1.4B | 2024-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $223.0M | 2024-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $331.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $665.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.7B | 2024-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $960.0M | 2024-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $4.0B | 2024-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $839.0M | 2023-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $3.9B | 2023-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $885.0M | 2022-09-30 | 2024-11-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $4.3B | 2022-09-30 | 2024-11-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $799.0M | 2021-09-30 | 2023-11-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $3.4B | 2021-09-30 | 2023-11-22 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $154.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | interest expense | us-gaap:InterestExpense | $76.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $1.5B | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $957.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $274.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $1.6B | 2024-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $772.0M | 2024-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.6B | 2023-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $3.5B | 2022-09-30 | 2024-11-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 52,898,776 | 2025-11-14 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 54,394,228 | 2024-11-13 | 2024-11-20 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 51,631,007 | 2026-07-31 | 2026-08-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $380.0M | 2024-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $856.0M | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent | $1.1B | 2024-09-30 | 2025-11-24 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $250.0M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $278.0M | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $203.0M | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $126.0M | 2025-12-31 | 2026-02-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $446.0M | 2025-06-30 | 2026-08-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 26.7 is 6.7 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.7 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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