earnings
confidence high
sentiment negative
materiality 0.75
Cabot Q2 Adj EPS $1.90 beats prior-year; cuts FY2025 guidance to $7.15-$7.50
CABOT CORP
2025-Q2 EPS
reported $3.36
vs consensus $1.84
▲ beat
(+82.5%)
- Adj EPS $1.90, up 7% YoY; GAAP EPS $1.69 on net sales of $936M, down 8.1% YoY.
- Reinforcement Materials EBIT $131M (-12% YoY) on 7% lower volumes; Performance Chemicals EBIT $50M (+61% YoY) on 4% higher volumes.
- Dividend raised 5% to $0.45/share; returned $70M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
- FY2025 Adj EPS guidance revised to $7.15-$7.50 citing tariff uncertainty and cautious customer inventory behavior.