Cabot Corporation (CBT) Stock Analysis
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
Wait for pullback to $79.01. BUY gates pass at $84.39, but concentration risk — Customer: five major tire customers and concentration risk — Customer: four battery materials customers (50.0%) argue for a more patient entry. Engine's entry $79.01 (Ma50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum.
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
Wait for pullback to $79.01. BUY gates pass at $84.39, but concentration risk — Customer: five major tire customers and concentration risk — Customer: four battery materials customers (50.0%) argue for a more patient entry. Engine's entry $79.01 (Ma50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. | News modifier +2 (HOLD_IF_HOLDING → STRONG_BUY_WAIT) Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 55d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-09Recent Developments — Cabot Corporation
Latest news
- NEWS A Look At Cabot (CBT) Valuation After Recent Share Price Momentum - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- NEWS CBT Maintained by JP Morgan -- Price Target Raised to $70 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- NEWS F-150 shortages, FTC scrutiny force dealers to rethink inventory and pricing strategy - CBT News — CBT News negative
- NEWS Cabot (CBT) surpasses Q2 earnings estimates - MSN — MSN positive
- NEWS Cabot (NYSE:CBT) Given New $80.00 Price Target at Mizuho - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
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- 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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Wait for pullback to $79.01. BUY gates pass at $84.39, but concentration risk — Customer: five major tire customers and concentration risk — Customer: four battery materials customers (50.0%) argue for a more patient entry. Engine's entry $79.01 (Ma50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. | News modifier +2 (HOLD_IF_HOLDING → STRONG_BUY_WAIT) Target $87.67 (+3.9%), stop $73.68 (−14.5%), Setup A.R:R 1.6:1. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $87.67 (+11.0% upside). Target $87.67 (+3.9%), stop $73.68 (−14.5%), Setup A.R:R 1.6:1. Stop-loss: $73.68.
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 15.6 (forward 11.9). TrendMatrix value score: 7.7/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
13 analysts cover CBT with a consensus score of 2.6/5. Average price target: $83.
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.