Cabot (CBT) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.67
- Estimate
- $1.66
- Surprise
- +0.7%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.9 → 5.9/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Cabot (CBT) beat the $1.66 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.67 — a modest 0.7% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.9/10) to Hold at 5.9/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CBT Sell at 5.7/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.7% surprise compares with a +5.7% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-02.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 3.7%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $76.59
- Price target
- $79.46
- Stop
- $73.75
- Upside to target
- +3.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.7:1
The stock trades at 21.7× trailing but 11.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 30 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-22 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CBT at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $4.00B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 21.7
- 52-week range
- $58.33–$94.53
- Off 52-week high
- 19.0%
- RSI (14)
- 30
- Volume vs avg
- 0.83×
- Score today
- 5.7/10