---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-001547"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBT"
cik: "0000016040"
company_name: "CABOT CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T03:41:08.221416+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cabot reports Q4 diluted EPS $1.64, adjusted EPS $1.55; record FY adjusted EPS $6.28

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1,112M; diluted EPS $1.64 (up 228% YoY), adjusted EPS $1.55 (up 40% YoY).
- FY2022 record adjusted EPS $6.28 vs $5.02 prior year; segment EBIT grew 24% in Reinforcement Materials and 11% in Performance Chemicals.
- Battery Materials revenue up 74% to $132M, EBITDA up 81% to $29M; signed multi-year agreement with an American automotive OEM.
- FY2023 adjusted EPS guidance $6.25-$6.75; expects strong cash flow and moderating feedstock costs.
- Q4 cash from operations $105M; liquidity ~$1.1B; dividends $84M and buybacks $53M in FY2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-001547
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBT
- cik: 0000016040
- company_name: CABOT CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000115752322001547/0001157523-22-001547-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000115752322001547/a52961836.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CABOT CORP reported financial results for fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  - Period: fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 7, 2022, Cabot Corporation issued a press release announcing operating results for its fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000115752322001547/0001157523-22-001547-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CABOT CORP reported financial results for fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.
  - Period: fiscal year ended September 30, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 7, 2022, Cabot Corporation issued a press release announcing operating results for its fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000115752322001547/0001157523-22-001547-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.