Cabot Corporation (CBT) Stock Analysis
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Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $82.31, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Customer: five major tire customers; Concentration risk — Customer: four battery materials customers (50.0%).
Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals producer with two segments: Reinforcement Materials (carbon blacks for tires/industrial) and Performance Chemicals (specialty carbons, fumed metal oxides, aerogel, inkjet colorants, battery materials). Products are used in tires,... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $82.31, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Customer: five major tire customers; Concentration risk — Customer: four battery materials customers (50.0%). Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 62, MACD bullish. Multiple concerning factors. Consider reducing position. | News modifier +2 (SELL_IF_HOLDING → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Cabot Corporation
Latest news
- A Look At Cabot (CBT) Valuation After Recent Share Price Momentum - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- CBT Maintained by JP Morgan -- Price Target Raised to $70 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- F-150 shortages, FTC scrutiny force dealers to rethink inventory and pricing strategy - CBT News — CBT News negative
- Cabot (CBT) surpasses Q2 earnings estimates - MSN — MSN positive
- Cabot (NYSE:CBT) Given New $80.00 Price Target at Mizuho - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMGeographicChina25%10-K Item 1: 'In fiscal 2025, sales in China across our segments constituted approximately 25% of our revenues, and our property, plant, and equipment located in China constituted approximately 21% of our total property, plant and equipment'
- HIGHCustomerfive major tire customers10-K Item 1: 'Sales to five major tire customers represent a material portion of Reinforcement Materials' total net sales and operating revenues. The loss of any of these customers...could have a material adverse effect on the segment'
- HIGHCustomerfour battery materials customers50%10-K Item 1: 'In our battery materials product line, sales to four customers account for approximately 50% of revenue.'
- MEDIUMCustomersix fumed metal oxides customers10-K Item 1: 'In our fumed metal oxides product line, sales under contracts with six customers account for approximately one-third of the revenue.'
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $82.31, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Customer: five major tire customers; Concentration risk — Customer: four battery materials customers (50.0%). Chart setup: Golden cross, above all MAs, RSI 62, MACD bullish. Multiple concerning factors. Consider reducing position. | News modifier +2 (SELL_IF_HOLDING → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Target $84.70 (+2.9%), stop $76.52 (−7.6%), A.R:R -1.5:1. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $84.70 (+2.9% upside). Target $84.70 (+2.9%), stop $76.52 (−7.6%), A.R:R -1.5:1. Stop-loss: $76.52.
Concentration risk — Customer: five major tire customers; Concentration risk — Customer: four battery materials customers (50.0%); Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining.
Cabot Corporation trades at a P/E of 15.3 (forward 11.7). TrendMatrix value score: 7.7/10. Verdict: Hold.
13 analysts cover CBT with a consensus score of 2.6/5. Average price target: $82.
What does Cabot Corporation do?Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals producer with two segments: Reinforcement Materials (carbon blacks...
Cabot Corporation is a global specialty chemicals producer with two segments: Reinforcement Materials (carbon blacks for tires/industrial) and Performance Chemicals (specialty carbons, fumed metal oxides, aerogel, inkjet colorants, battery materials). Products are used in tires, plastics, batteries, electronics, and printing, with manufacturing in 20+ countries. Fiscal year ends September 30.