Cabot (CBT) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.99 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Cabot's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $214 Mil. Cabot's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,098 Mil. Cabot's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,329 Mil. Cabot's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.99.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cabot's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CBT' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.55 Med: 1 Max: 1.74
Current: 0.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Cabot was 1.74. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 1.00.

CBT's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
84.64% of 1393 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.35 vs CBT: 0.99

Cabot Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cabot's Debt-to-Equity 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.

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Cabot Annual Data

Trend

Sep14

Sep15

Sep16

Sep17

Sep18

Sep19

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Sep23

Debt-to-Equity

1.07

1.74

1.32

1.70

1.08

Cabot Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																1.40	1.24	1.09	1.08	0.99

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Cabot's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Cabot's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cabot's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Cabot Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Cabot's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(182	+	1178)	/	1264
	=	1.08

Cabot's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(214	+	1098)	/	1329
	=	0.99

Cabot (NYSE:CBT) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Cabot (CBT) Business Description

Industry

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Address

Two Seaport Lane, Suite 1400, Boston, MA, USA, 02210

Website

https://www.cabotcorp.com

Cabot Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals, materials, and chemical-based products. The company organizes itself into two segments based on the product type. The reinforcement materials segment, which generates more revenue than any other segment, sells rubber-grade carbon black products used in hoses and belts in automobiles. The performance chemicals segment sells ink-jet colorants and metal oxides used in the automotive and construction industries.

Executives

Erica Mclaughlin	officer: Senior Vice President, CFO	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Karen A Kalita	officer: SVP and General Counsel	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Hobart Kalkstein	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Michelle Elizabeth Williams	director	6555 WEST GOOD HOPE ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI 53223
Sean D Keohane	officer: Vice President	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Raffiq Nathoo	director	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1400, BOSTON MA 02210
Douglas G Delgrosso	director
Lisa M Dumont	officer: Controller	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Jeff Ji Zhu	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Christine Y Yan	director	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
John R Doubman	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Frank Anders Wilson	director	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Patrick M. Prevost	director, officer: President and CEO	C/O SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY, 10000 ENERGY DRIVE, SPRING TX 77389-4954
Nicholas S. Cross	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210
Brian A Berube	officer: Vice President,General Counsel	C/O CABOT CORPORATION, TWO SEAPORT LANE, SUITE 1300, BOSTON MA 02210