secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CABOT CORP (CBT)
CIK:        0000016040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-102112
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cabot Q3 adj EPS $1.90 down 1% YoY; reaffirms FY25 adj EPS $7.15-$7.50
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- Q3 adj EPS $1.90 vs $1.92 YoY; revenue $923M down 9% from $1,016M.
- Reinforcement Materials EBIT $128M (-6% YoY); chemicals EBIT $57M (+4%) on cost savings.
- Global reinforcement volumes fell 8% YoY; Asia Pacific -11%, Americas -9%, EMEA +4%.
- Cash flow from ops $249M; returned $64M via dividends ($24M) and buybacks ($40M).
- Reaffirmed FY25 adj EPS guidance $7.15-$7.50; expects middle-to-lower end due to tariffs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000095017025102112/0000950170-25-102112-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000095017025102112/cbt-20250804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-102112

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