Cabot Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: US1270551013
USD
88.45
0.14 (0.16%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Dow, Inc.
Westlake Corp.

Why is Cabot Corp. ?

1
Negative results in Jun 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 29.03%
  • NET SALES(Q) Lowest at USD 923 MM
2
With ROCE of 25.57%, it has a attractive valuation with a 2.05 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -34.72%, its profits have fallen by -4.1%
3
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -34.72% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Cabot Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Cabot Corp. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Cabot Corp.
21.11%
-0.96
31.56%
S&P 500
25.41%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.50%
EBIT Growth (5y)
20.50%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
7.20
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.66
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.75
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.48
Tax Ratio
20.41%
Dividend Payout Ratio
29.26%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
22.98%
ROE (avg)
27.99%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
11
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.46
EV to EBIT
7.93
EV to EBITDA
6.29
EV to Capital Employed
1.93
EV to Sales
1.32
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
2.51%
ROCE (Latest)
24.36%
ROE (Latest)
22.53%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 671 MM

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 35.06%

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 482 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 5.12

-8What is not working for the Company
NET PROFIT(9M)

At USD 190.87 MM has Grown at -40.17%

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 18.76%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 7.07% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 5.04 times

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 5.12 times

Here's what is working for Cabot Corp.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 671 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 482 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.12
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 35.06%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at USD 49 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Cabot Corp.

Net Profit
At USD 190.87 MM has Grown at -40.17%
Year on Year (YoY)
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 5.04 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 5.12 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 7.07% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales