Cabot (CBT) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cabot (CBT) posted Gross Margin of 18.74% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), down 7.70 percentage points from 26.44% a year earlier and down 4.49 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Cabot (CBT) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Gross Margin at Cabot was 22.70%, down 2.46 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it came in at 25.32%, up 1.28 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Gross Margin has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +6.19 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Cabot's Gross Margin was 24.04% in FY2024 (+2.69 pp), 21.34% in FY2023 (+0.86 pp), 20.48% in FY2022 (-2.96 pp) and 23.44% in FY2021 (+4.31 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Gross Margin since fiscal Q3 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Gross Margin increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.51 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Gross Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2024, with a gain of 4.00 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2026, with a drop of 7.70 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin for the three prior fiscal quarters was 23.23% (Q2 2026), 24.85% (Q1 2026) and 24.47% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 218.80 Bn | 201.92 Bn | 4.43 Bn | 47.67% |
| 2 | Corning | 132.43 Bn | 125.56 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 36.14% |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 78.49 Bn | 77.53 Bn | 3.34 Bn | 49.17% |
| 4 | Air Products & Chemicals | 61.97 Bn | 59.87 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 32.77% |
| 5 | Corteva | 51.82 Bn | 40.62 Bn | 3.66 Bn | 57.39% |
| 6 | LyondellBasell Industries | 37.12 Bn | 26.74 Bn | 2.04 Bn | 22.21% |
| 7 | Nutrien | 33.86 Bn | 30.73 Bn | 3.25 Bn | 30.07% |
| 8 | Qnity Electronics | 26.31 Bn | 23.73 Bn | 666.00 Mn | 46.61% |
| 9 | Ati | 25.78 Bn | 23.93 Bn | 309.80 Mn | 24.57% |
| 10 | Cabot | 3.97 Bn | 3.11 Bn | 184.00 Mn | 18.74% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.74% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.23% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 24.85% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 24.47% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 26.44% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 25.75% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 24.61% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 23.98% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 25.20% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 24.14% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 22.76% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 23.32% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 23.04% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 20.33% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.76% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 19.78% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 20.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 21.25% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 20.45% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 19.69% |
Cabot Gross Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=CBT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "gross-margin", "ticker": "CBT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=CBT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();