Growth Metrics

Cabot (CBT) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Cabot (CBT) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.42 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 17.54% to 0.42 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.24, a 21.89% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.25, up 19.07% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.42 for Q4 2025 at Cabot, up from 0.25 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 23.0 in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.68 in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 1.77 and a median of 0.43 in 2023 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 184.68% in 2022, then soared 13200.0% in 2025.
  • Cabot's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.27 in 2021, then soared by 564.71% to 1.24 in 2022, then tumbled by 65.08% to 0.43 in 2023, then increased by 18.38% to 0.51 in 2024, then decreased by 17.54% to 0.42 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CBT's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.42 (Q4 2025), 0.25 (Q3 2025), and 0.05 (Q2 2025).