secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CABOT CORP (CBT)
CIK:        0000016040
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-206708
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cabot Q2 Adj EPS $1.61 vs $1.90 YoY; revenue falls 3%; dividend raised 5%, guidance reaffirmed
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- Diluted EPS $1.27 (Adj $1.61) vs $1.69 ($1.90) YoY; net income $68M down from $94M.
- Revenue $904M (-3% YoY); Reinforcement Materials EBIT $93M (-29% YoY); Performance Chemicals EBIT $59M (+18% YoY).
- Quarterly dividend raised 5% to $0.4725 ($1.89 annualized); full-year Adj EPS guidance reaffirmed $6.00-$6.50.
- Plans to close manufacturing ops in South America and Europe, targeting ~$22M annualized fixed cost savings.
- Operating cash flow $77M; capex $45M; share repurchases $49M; net debt/EBITDA 1.5x; liquidity $1.3B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000119312526206708/0001193125-26-206708-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16040/000119312526206708/cbt-20260505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-206708

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