Cabot (CBT) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cabot (CBT) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 14.27% in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 304.0% year-over-year to 14.27% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 15.72%, a 63.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 16.73%, up 135.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 14.27%, down from 15.19% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Operating Margin for CBT reached as high as 18.09% in Q2 2025 and fell as low as 10.88% in Q4 2022.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 14.92% across 5 years, with a median of 14.99% in 2024.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin soared 1946 bps in 2022 and slumped 304 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 10.88% in 2022, then soared by 30 bps to 14.2% in 2023, then climbed by 14 bps to 16.23% in 2024, then slipped by 6 bps to 15.19% in 2025, then dropped by 6 bps to 14.27% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Operating Margin figures were 14.27% in Q1 2026, 15.19% in Q4 2025, and 15.24% in Q3 2025.