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.

• Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 14.27%, down 304.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.68% (down 180.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.2%, up 43.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin slipped to 14.27% in Q1 2026 per CBT's latest filing, from 15.19% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 18.09% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 40.6% in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of 6.05% and a median of 14.62% in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin surged 1946 bps in 2022, then tumbled 4281 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 10.88% in 2022, then soared by 30 bps to 14.2% in 2023, then rose by 14 bps to 16.23% in 2024, then fell by 6 bps to 15.19% in 2025, then retreated by 6 bps to 14.27% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CBT's Operating Margin at 14.27% in Q1 2026, 15.19% in Q4 2025, and 40.6% in Q3 2025.