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% quarter-over-quarter from 0.42 in Q4 2025.

Cabot (CBT) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

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

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.75, down 96.74% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.13 (down 69.13% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.15, down 29.3% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.75 in Q1 2026 per CBT's latest filing, from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 23.0 in Q1 2025 and troughed at 2.73 in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 1.37 and a median of 0.19 in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio slumped 5366.67% in 2022, then soared 13200.0% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.24 in 2022, then sank by 65.08% to 0.43 in 2023, then grew by 18.38% to 0.51 in 2024, then retreated by 17.54% to 0.42 in 2025, then soared by 78.13% to 0.75 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CBT's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.75 in Q1 2026, 0.42 in Q4 2025, and 0.09 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 0.83
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -
3 Sherwin Williams 78.87 Bn 78.66 Bn 2.78 Bn 246.38
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.25
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 0.36
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn -8.37
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 1.11
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.63
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn -0.42
10 Cabot 4.72 Bn 4.59 Bn 210.00 Mn 0.75

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