Cabot (CBT) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Cabot (CBT) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 2.17% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 2.17%, down 252.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.17% (down 252.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.22%, up 39.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed eased to 2.17% in Q1 2026 per CBT's latest filing, from 3.19% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 22.66% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 2.17% in Q1 2026.
• A 5-year average of 8.95% and a median of 4.7% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed surged 991 bps in 2022, then sank 1819 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 22.66% in 2022, then sank by 80 bps to 4.47% in 2023, then slipped by 1 bps to 4.42% in 2024, then decreased by 28 bps to 3.19% in 2025, then plunged by 32 bps to 2.17% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CBT's Return on Capital Employed at 2.17% in Q1 2026, 3.19% in Q4 2025, and 4.15% in Q3 2025.