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How Cabot Corporation stacks up
CBT · against 309 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
73/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #121 of 310 · scores higher than 59% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score42 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including CBT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 73?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 71% of peers. Return on assets: 4.8% vs peer median 2.5%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 72% of peers. Operating margin: 13.6% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.8% vs peer median 6.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CBT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CBT | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 297 reported | 14.8% | 9.3% | 68% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 305 reported | 13.6% | 10.0% | 61% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 283 reported | 4.8% | 4.0% | 57% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 281 reported | 13.3% | 9.2% | 65% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 313 reported | 24.2% | 26.0% | 46% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CBT| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 387.1B INR (≈$4.6B) | 100 | 63 | |
| 1 | 583.2B INR (≈$7.0B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 3 | 49.8B HKD (≈$6.4B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 3 | 29.0B CNY (≈$4.1B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 3 | 8.2B CAD (≈$6.0B) | 98 | 59 | |
| 116 | 1.9B USD | 74 | 66 | |
| 121 | 695.9B JPY (≈$4.7B) | 73 | 67 | |
| 121 | 438.5B JPY (≈$3.0B) | 73 | 68 | |
| 121 | 49.5B CNY (≈$6.9B) | 73 | 70 | |
| 121 | 3.7B USD | 73 | 49 | |
| 121 | 4.3B USD | 73 | 77 | |
| 121 | 166.8B INR (≈$2.0B) | 73 | 53 | |
| 121 | 5.0B USD | 73 | 62 | |
| 128 | 24.9B CNY (≈$3.5B) | 72 | 63 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score