Growth Metrics

Cabot (CBT) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Cabot (CBT) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.75 for Q1 2026, down 96.74% year-over-year from 23.0 in Q1 2025, and up 78.13% on a QoQ basis from 0.42 in Q4 2025.

Cabot (CBT) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.75 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 96.74% year-over-year to 0.75 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.13 (down 69.13% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.15, down 29.3% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio improved to 0.75 in Q1 2026 per CBT's latest filing, from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 23.0 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 2.73 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.19 (2023), against an average of 1.37.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio plunged 5366.67%; it then jumped 13200.0% in 2025.
  • Tracing CBT's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 1.24 in 2022, then tumbled by 65.08% to 0.43 in 2023, then advanced by 18.38% to 0.51 in 2024, then declined by 17.54% to 0.42 in 2025, then jumped by 78.13% to 0.75 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CBT FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.75 (Q1 2026), 0.42 (Q4 2025), and 0.09 (Q3 2025).

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.75
Dec 31, 2025 0.42
Sep 30, 2025 -0.09
Jun 30, 2025 0.13
Mar 31, 2025 23.00
Dec 31, 2024 0.51
Sep 30, 2024 0.59
Jun 30, 2024 0.15
Mar 31, 2024 0.17
Dec 31, 2023 0.43
Sep 30, 2023 0.38
Jun 30, 2023 0.14
Mar 31, 2023 0.19
Dec 31, 2022 1.24
Sep 30, 2022 -2.73
Jun 30, 2022 -1.31
Mar 31, 2022 -0.68
Dec 31, 2021 -0.27
Sep 30, 2021 -0.05
Jun 30, 2021 0.80
Mar 31, 2021 0.80
Dec 31, 2020 -2.50
Jun 30, 2020 0.19
Mar 31, 2020 -0.74
Dec 31, 2019 0.54
Sep 30, 2019 0.16
Jun 30, 2019 0.35
Mar 31, 2019 0.43
Dec 31, 2018 -0.12
Sep 30, 2018 0.22
Jun 30, 2018 5.25
Mar 31, 2018 -0.90
Dec 31, 2017 -2.86
Sep 30, 2017 0.21
Jun 30, 2017 0.21
Mar 31, 2017 -0.26
Dec 31, 2016 0.22
Sep 30, 2016 0.28
Jun 30, 2016 0.24
Mar 31, 2016 0.18
Dec 31, 2015 0.03
Sep 30, 2015 0.03
Jun 30, 2015 0.35
Mar 31, 2015 0.22
Dec 31, 2014 0.10
Sep 30, 2014 -0.52
Jun 30, 2014 0.42
Mar 31, 2014 -0.05
Dec 31, 2013 -0.22
Jun 30, 2013 -0.13
Mar 31, 2013 -1.30
Dec 31, 2012 -0.12
Sep 30, 2012 0.08
Jun 30, 2012 -0.25
Mar 31, 2012 0.71
Dec 31, 2011 -0.29
Sep 30, 2011 -1.65
Jun 30, 2011 -7.50
Mar 31, 2011 -0.52
Dec 31, 2010 1.33
Sep 30, 2010 -0.29
Jun 30, 2010 0.49
Mar 31, 2010 -0.27
Dec 31, 2009 -0.27
Sep 30, 2009 0.25