CBT · Cabot Corp
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Q3 FY26 earnings call · Aug 4, 2026TL;DR. Cabot tightened its fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $6.15–$6.45 from $6.00–$6.50, reaffirmed ~$40 million of battery materials EBITDA for the year, and announced a leadership transition with CFO Erica McLaughlin succeeding CEO Sean Keohane effective October 1, 2026; results were mixed with Performance Chemicals EBIT up 19% year-over-year but Reinforcement Materials EBIT down 24% on lower gross profit per ton.
- + Tightened fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $6.15–$6.45 from $6.00–$6.50.
- + Battery materials reaffirmed at approximately $40 million of EBITDA for fiscal 2026 with new capacity investments of approximately $125 million in the U.S. and China.
- + Generated $75 million of operating cash flow with $1.3 billion of liquidity and net debt/EBITDA of 1.4x.
- − Reinforcement Materials segment EBIT fell 24% year-over-year to $97 million on lower gross profit per ton from 2026 customer agreements.
- − Leadership transition: CEO Sean Keohane retiring effective September 30, 2026, with a search initiated for a new CFO.
AI-generated from the earnings call and 8-K · may contain errors · not investment advice
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Versus peers
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CBT
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$4.01B | +17.3% | -7.0% | 21.8 | 9.0% |
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At a glance
key data from every sectionPerformance
| 5D | 20D | 120D | MTD | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBT | -2.2% | -6.0% | +1.9% | -6.0% | +17.3% |
| SPY | -1.2% | -0.4% | +13.1% | -0.4% | +12.1% |
| vs SPY | -1.0% | -5.6% | -11.2% | -5.6% | +5.3% |
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