Cabot (CBT) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)
Cabot (CBT) reported Return on Capital Employed of 2.17% for Q1 2026, down 252.0% year-over-year from 1.43% in Q1 2025, and down 31.91% on a QoQ basis from 3.19% in Q4 2025.
Cabot (CBT) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 2.17% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 252.0% year-over-year to 2.17% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.17% (down 252.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 4.22%, up 39.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 2.17% in Q1 2026 per CBT's latest filing, from 3.19% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 22.66% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 2.17% in Q1 2026.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.7% (2025), against an average of 8.95%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed soared 991 bps; it then tumbled 1819 bps in 2023.
- Tracing CBT's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 22.66% in 2022, then tumbled by 80 bps to 4.47% in 2023, then retreated by 1 bps to 4.42% in 2024, then fell by 28 bps to 3.19% in 2025, then slumped by 32 bps to 2.17% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest CBT Return on Capital Employed figures stand at 2.17% (Q1 2026), 3.19% (Q4 2025), and 4.15% (Q3 2025).
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.17% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.19% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.15% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.27% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.70% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.42% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.85% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.10% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 5.23% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.47% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.55% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 19.41% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 20.78% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 22.66% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.93% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 13.08% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.21% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 12.76% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 21.43% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 11.60% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 6.42% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 2.08% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -0.39% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 1.56% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 2.15% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 8.78% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 11.69% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.68% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 1.32% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -5.33% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -5.99% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 4.52% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 4.17% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 13.59% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 14.25% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 12.30% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 9.34% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 9.81% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -14.90% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -16.04% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | -11.70% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -9.91% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 9.04% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 9.22% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 9.41% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 8.76% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 9.01% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 8.83% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 7.79% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 7.32% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 7.49% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 7.97% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 9.78% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 10.80% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 11.04% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 10.00% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 9.86% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 9.10% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 8.76% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 8.94% |