Cabot (CBT) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share: $24.60 (As of Jun. 2026)

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CBT Cabot Corp CBT
81 GF Score
Price $84.93
GF Value $80.60
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Cabot Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cabot CBT -0.29% 81 Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $24.60 as of Jun. 2026. GuruFocus rates CBT with a GF Score™ of 81/100 and a GF Value™ of $80.60 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review.

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

Cabot's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Jun. 2026 was $31.086. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $24.60 for the trailing ten years ended in Jun. 2026.

During the past 12 months, Cabot's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 4.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was -2.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was -1.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was -0.30% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of Cabot was 11.40% per year. The lowest was -2.40% per year. And the median was 5.10% per year.

As of today (2026-08-20), Cabot's current stock price is $84.93. Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $24.60. Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 3.45.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Cabot was 4.90. The lowest was 0.83. And the median was 2.50.


Cabot  (NYSE:CBT) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=84.93/24.60
=3.45

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Cabot was 4.90. The lowest was 0.83. And the median was 2.50.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


Cabot Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Related Terms


Cabot Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Cabot Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

Cabot Annual Data
Trend Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24 Sep25
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25.27 25.45 24.55 23.49 23.69

Cabot Quarterly Data
Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26 Jun26
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.47 23.69 23.75 24.26 24.60

CBT vs BCPC, SXT, PRM: Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cabot Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Cabot Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, Cabot's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Jun. 2026 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Jun. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Jun. 2026)
=31.086/333.9520*333.9520
=31.086

Current CPI (Jun. 2026) = 333.9520.

Cabot Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201609 20.479 241.428 28.327
201612 19.073 241.432 26.382
201703 20.890 243.801 28.615
201706 22.064 244.955 30.080
201709 24.304 246.819 32.884
201712 21.813 246.524 29.549
201803 19.670 249.554 26.322
201806 18.827 251.989 24.951
201809 19.116 252.439 25.289
201812 19.207 251.233 25.531
201903 18.888 254.202 24.814
201906 18.906 256.143 24.649
201909 17.484 256.759 22.740
201912 18.127 256.974 23.557
202003 16.388 258.115 21.203
202006 16.472 257.797 21.338
202009 12.237 260.280 15.701
202012 14.539 260.474 18.640
202103 14.323 264.877 18.058
202106 16.836 271.696 20.694
202109 16.694 274.310 20.324
202112 14.033 278.802 16.809
202203 16.267 287.504 18.895
202206 15.897 296.311 17.916
202209 15.965 296.808 17.963
202212 17.917 296.797 20.160
202303 19.574 301.836 21.657
202306 20.219 305.109 22.130
202309 22.880 307.789 24.825
202312 23.978 306.746 26.105
202403 24.738 312.332 26.450
202406 24.554 314.175 26.100
202409 26.245 315.301 27.797
202412 25.196 315.605 26.661
202503 26.573 319.799 27.749
202506 28.965 322.561 29.988
202509 29.333 324.800 30.160
202512 30.163 324.054 31.084
202603 30.399 330.213 30.743
202606 31.086 333.952 31.086

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

What does a Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of $24.60 mean?
Cabot (CBT) has a Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of $24.60 as of Jun. 2026. Cyclically adjusted book value per share represents the company's inflation-adjusted book value per share over a 10-year period. View historical data on Cabot and its competitors.
Is Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share too high?
Cabot's current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $24.60. Overall, Cabot has a GF Score™ of 81/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share compare to BCPC and SXT?
Cabot's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of $24.60 can be compared against companies in the Chemicals industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for a Chemicals company?
A good Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share depends on the Chemicals industry context. However, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share mean?
A high Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Cyclically adjusted book value per share represents the company's inflation-adjusted book value per share over a 10-year period. View historical data on Cabot and its competitors. Cabot's current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $24.60. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Cabot stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Cabot (CBT) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is $80.60, compared to a current price of $84.93 — trading 5.4% above its estimated fair value. The current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $24.60. Cabot's overall GF Score™ is 81/100 with 6 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share calculated?
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Cabot (CBT), the current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is $24.60 as of Jun. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Cabot (CBT) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Cabot stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $84.93 is trading 5.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of $80.60. GuruFocus considers Cabot to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for CBT:

  • Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share: $24.60
  • GF Value™: $80.60 vs. price of $84.93 (5.4% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 81/100 with 6 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the CBT stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Cabot Business Description

Other Exchanges CBT:Germany
Address Two Seaport Lane, Suite 1400, Boston, MA, USA, 02210
Cabot Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals, materials, and chemical-based products. The company organizes itself into the following operating segments based on the product type; the Reinforcement Materials segment which generates maximum revenue provides reinforcing carbon products used in tires, and industrial products such as hoses, belts, extruded profiles, and molded goods; and the Performance Chemicals segment aggregates the specialty carbons, specialty compounds, fumed metal oxides, battery materials, inkjet colorants, and aerogel product lines. Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from its customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and the rest from the Americas and Asia Pacific region.
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