CABOT CORP (CBT)

Cabot Corp. is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company. Its products include reinforcing and specialty carbons, specialty compounds, conductive additives, carbon nanotubes, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants and aerogel. The company operates through the following segments: Reinforcement Materials and Performance Chemicals. The Reinforcement Materials segment involves the rubber blacks and elastomer composites product lines. The Performance Chemicals segment combines the specialty carbons and compounds and inkjet colorants product lines into the specialty carbons and formulations business. The company was founded by Godfrey Lowell Cabot in 1882 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Address

TWO SEAPORT LANE SUITE 1400
BOSTON, MA 02210

Founded

1882

Number of Employees

4,300

Buyback

Buyback Data 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
$ Amount Purchased
($ in 000s )
$41,920 $48,837 $26,254 $40,414 $42,236 $112,253 $9,416 $16,001 $39,389 $49,995 $73,809 $45,502
Average Price $45.27 $43.06 $49.27 $56.70 $62.12 $45.62 $39.10 $55.87 $69.24 $74.77 $93.82 $55.63
# Shares Purchased 926,079 1,134,300 532,876 712,726 679,900 2,460,522 240,800 286,391 568,908 668,688 786,699 817,990
Buyback Performance 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
Total Return to Date 129.8% 141.6% 111.1% 83.4% 67.4% 128.0% 166.0% 86.1% 50.2% 39.1% 10.8% 87.0%
S&P 500 Return to Date 181.9% 173.0% 168.6% 129.7% 104.9% 93.1% 74.8% 31.7% 37.3% 31.3% 7.4% 94.0%
Excess Total Return -52.1% -31.4% -57.5% -46.3% -37.4% 34.9% 91.1% 54.5% 12.9% 7.8% 3.4% -7.0%
Quartile Rank
Percentile Rank 64% 68% 62% 64% 64% 79% 86% 88% 80% 77% 63% 82%
Buyback returns calculated using weighted average buyback price over the last 10 years and comparing to current day stock price value. S&P 500 used as benchmark for excess return.

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