secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CABOT CORP (CBT)
CIK:        0000016040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-063734
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cabot Q2 Adj EPS $1.90 beats prior-year; cuts FY2025 guidance to $7.15-$7.50
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000095017025063734/0000950170-25-063734-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000095017025063734/cbt-20250505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-063734

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