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How Cabot Corporation stacks up
CBT · against 309 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Valuation
76/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #82 of 310 · scores higher than 72% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score37 peers with a valuation score of 70–79, including CBT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 76?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its EBITDA yield and free cash flow yield, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 5.1% vs peer median 3.6%
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 75% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 7.6% vs peer median 2.6%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 80% of peers. EBITDA yield: 14.2% vs peer median 8.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 306 reported | 5.0% | 4.7% | 52% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 313 reported | 15.1% | 9.9% | 80% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 93 reported | 7.6% | 4.0% | 75% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 297 reported | 43.2% | 51.7% | 41% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CBT| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.73T KRW (≈$2.0B) | 99 | 57 | |
| 1 | 2.6B USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 3 | 69.8B ZAR (≈$3.8B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 3 | 5.3B USD | 98 | 81 | |
| 3 | 4.7B AUD (≈$3.1B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 76 | 3.6B EUR (≈$3.9B) | 77 | 61 | |
| 82 | 564.9B JPY (≈$3.8B) | 76 | 54 | |
| 82 | 288.5B JPY (≈$2.0B) | 76 | 70 | |
| 82 | 6.8B USD | 76 | 83 | |
| 82 | 3.7B USD | 76 | 49 | |
| 82 | 2.2B EUR (≈$2.4B) | 76 | 52 | |
| 82 | 2.5B USD | 76 | 74 | |
| 88 | 19.1B CNY (≈$2.7B) | 75 | 58 | |
| 88 | 13.8B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 75 | 61 |
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