CBT PEER ANALYSIS

Cabot Corporation — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CBTCabot Corporation

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Chemicals

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CBTIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CBT	DNL	IMCD	ORI	SASA	BNR	Ind. Median
P/E	15.35●	—	22.59	43.93	—	35.48	27.42
P/B	2.76	1.69	2.41	2.95	0.59●	1.81	1.81
EV/EBITDA	7.12●	12.38	12.24	9.66	25.48	9.27	12.24
P/S	1.21	1.82	1.03	1.36	1.68	0.55●	1.63

Financial Health
Metric	CBT	DNL	IMCD	ORI	SASA	BNR	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.45	1.27	1.73	1.31	0.63	1.74●	1.87
Debt/Equity	82.8%	39.7%●	83.4%	86.9%	83.7%	75.4%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.39●	2.15	2.81	1.77	14.70	2.31	2.15

Profitability
Metric	CBT	DNL	IMCD	ORI	SASA	BNR	Ind. Median
Net Margin	8.0%●	4.5%	4.5%	3.1%	-36.0%	1.5%	3.5%
ROE	19.0%●	3.8%	10.2%	6.1%	-14.4%	5.0%	4.4%
ROA	7.4%●	2.2%	4.6%	2.5%	-7.1%	2.0%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	21.1%●	17.8%	10.9%	17.3%	15.6%	7.9%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CBT	DNL	IMCD	ORI	SASA	BNR	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-8.5%	-16.6%	1.2%	1.8%	4.0%●	-9.5%	1.2%
NI Growth	-34.2%	—	-21.8%	155.6%●	—	-56.9%	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.1%	3.6%●	2.2%	2.5%	0.0%	3.4%	1.5%
Payout	34.0%	126.7%	58.4%	107.9%	0.0%	132.9%	9.1%

Valuation
Metric	CBT	SXT	BCPC	PRM	AVNT	WDFC	Ind. Median
P/E	15.35●	35.29	33.90	—	20.81	41.71	27.42
P/B	2.76	4.17	4.17	4.63	1.36●	12.40	1.81
EV/EBITDA	7.12●	20.64	20.22	—	9.89	29.57	12.24
P/S	1.21	3.07	5.07	7.90	1.00●	5.24	1.63

Financial Health
Metric	CBT	SXT	BCPC	PRM	AVNT	WDFC	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.45	5.01●	2.55	3.09	1.77	2.83	1.87
Debt/Equity	82.8%	63.0%	14.4%●	113.4%	80.0%	41.3%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.39	2.59	0.41	-9.65●	3.10	0.53	2.15

Profitability
Metric	CBT	SXT	BCPC	PRM	AVNT	WDFC	Ind. Median
Net Margin	8.0%	8.7%	15.0%●	-26.9%	4.8%	12.6%	3.5%
ROE	19.0%	12.5%	12.7%	-15.7%	6.7%	31.3%●	4.4%
ROA	7.4%	6.6%	9.5%	-6.8%	2.7%	17.2%●	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	21.1%	17.0%	25.6%●	-18.7%	14.7%	18.0%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CBT	SXT	BCPC	PRM	AVNT	WDFC	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-8.5%	5.8%	9.6%	23.0%●	1.3%	4.2%	1.2%
NI Growth	-34.2%	12.5%	15.8%	—	58.0%●	-6.3%	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.1%	1.3%	0.6%	—	3.0%●	1.6%	1.5%
Payout	34.0%	48.3%	19.5%	—	62.9%	65.1%	9.1%

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