Cabot (CBT) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cabot (CBT) reported Gross Margin of 23.23% for Q1 2026, down 252.0% year-over-year from 15.28% in Q1 2025, and down 6.53% on a QoQ basis from 24.85% in Q4 2025.
Cabot (CBT) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 23.23% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Gross Margin fell 252.0% year-over-year to 23.23% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 24.76% (down 12.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 25.32%, up 128.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin slipped to 23.23% in Q1 2026 per CBT's latest filing, from 24.85% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 26.44% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 18.76% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 23.32% (2023), against an average of 23.08%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin plunged 417 bps; it then soared 400 bps in 2023.
- Tracing CBT's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 18.76% in 2022, then grew by 21 bps to 22.76% in 2023, then advanced by 8 bps to 24.61% in 2024, then climbed by 1 bps to 24.85% in 2025, then decreased by 7 bps to 23.23% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest CBT Gross Margin figures stand at 23.23% (Q1 2026), 24.85% (Q4 2025), and 24.47% (Q3 2025).
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 23.34% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 25.42% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 25.87% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 20.79% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 13.32% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 21.55% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 19.39% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 20.68% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 20.12% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 21.09% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 20.22% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 24.82% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 23.07% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 22.98% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 24.44% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 24.07% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 22.84% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 24.93% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 26.02% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 27.30% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 25.76% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 26.41% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 16.42% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 20.72% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 21.61% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 20.03% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 19.33% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 19.98% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 19.57% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 19.60% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 19.93% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 18.64% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 19.53% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 17.02% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 17.93% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 18.51% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 20.69% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 20.50% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 18.77% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 16.93% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 18.18% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 18.13% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 18.88% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 16.71% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 19.26% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 19.38% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 19.87% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 13.05% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 13.31% |