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Cabot (CBT) PB Ratio

: 3.78 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-19), Cabot's share price is $90.69. Cabot's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $23.98. Hence, Cabot's PB Ratio of today is 3.78.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cabot's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CBT' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.16   Med: 2.52   Max: 5.28
Current: 3.78

During the past 13 years, Cabot's highest PB Ratio was 5.28. The lowest was 1.16. And the median was 2.52.

CBT's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
82.54% of 1529 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs CBT: 3.78

During the past 12 months, Cabot's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 33.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 23.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.20% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Cabot was 23.20% per year. The lowest was -20.40% per year. And the median was 3.80% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Cabot PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cabot's PB Ratio 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
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.59 2.94 3.00 4.00 3.03

Cabot Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.73 3.92 3.31 3.03 3.48

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Cabot's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 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 PB Ratio Distribution

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

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



Cabot PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Cabot's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=90.69/23.978
=3.78

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Cabot  (NYSE:CBT) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Cabot (CBT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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 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