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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBT"
cik: "0000016040"
company_name: "CABOT CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T13:34:42.524871+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cabot Q1 adjusted EPS $1.29 (+9% YoY); raises FY2022 guidance to $5.50-$5.90

## Summary
- Adjusted EPS of $1.29 (vs $1.18 YoY); GAAP net loss of $89M ($1.57 loss per share) on $968M revenue.
- Reinforcement Materials EBIT $85M; Performance Chemicals EBIT $52M; Battery Materials volumes up 58% YoY.
- Entered agreement to acquire Tokai Carbon plant in China; expects Purification Solutions divestiture close in Q2.
- Returned $40M to shareholders via dividends ($21M) and buybacks ($19M); net debt/EBITDA 1.8x.
- Raises FY2022 adjusted EPS outlook to $5.50-$5.90, up from prior range; sees strong discretionary free cash flow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBT
- cik: 0000016040
- company_name: CABOT CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000115752322000124/0001157523-22-000124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000115752322000124/a52570972.htm

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