Cabot Valuation

Is CBT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CBT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CBT ($112.42) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($148.82)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CBT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CBT?

Key metric: As CBT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CBT. This is calculated by dividing CBT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CBT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.4x
EarningsUS$374.00m
Market CapUS$5.96b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CBT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CBT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average71.2x
OLN Olin
33.6x62.8%US$5.0b
HWKN Hawkins
35x6.1%US$2.8b
WLK Westlake
170.7x54.6%US$16.5b
TROX Tronox Holdings
45.4x95.1%US$1.9b
CBT Cabot
16.4xn/aUS$6.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CBT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.4x) compared to the peer average (71.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CBT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FFHL Fuwei Films (Holdings)
2.8xn/aUS$27.11m
BSLK Bolt Projects Holdings
0.2xn/aUS$22.96m
BON Bon Natural Life
2.6xn/aUS$6.35m
GSPI Green Star Products
1.4xn/aUS$1.64m
CBT 16.4xIndustry Avg. 23.3xNo. of Companies7PE01224364860+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CBT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.4x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (23x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CBT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CBT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CBT's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CBT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$112.42
US$117.60
+4.6%
6.3%US$127.00US$105.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$109.02
US$112.80
+3.5%
8.0%US$127.00US$103.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$110.86
US$108.60
-2.0%
9.2%US$127.00US$98.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$105.11
US$107.40
+2.2%
7.3%US$121.00US$98.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$96.60
US$107.60
+11.4%
8.0%US$121.00US$95.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$89.68
US$107.60
+20.0%
8.0%US$121.00US$95.00n/a5
Jun ’25US$102.30
US$107.60
+5.2%
8.0%US$121.00US$95.00n/a5
May ’25US$91.96
US$95.33
+3.7%
9.1%US$104.00US$80.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$92.77
US$91.83
-1.0%
9.9%US$104.00US$80.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$85.63
US$89.40
+4.4%
8.9%US$104.00US$80.00n/a5
Feb ’25US$73.18
US$86.60
+18.3%
11.8%US$102.00US$70.00n/a5
Jan ’25US$83.50
US$87.20
+4.4%
11.8%US$102.00US$70.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$77.78
US$85.80
+10.3%
12.0%US$102.00US$70.00US$109.625
Nov ’24US$66.22
US$85.40
+29.0%
12.3%US$102.00US$70.00US$109.025
Oct ’24US$69.27
US$85.40
+23.3%
12.3%US$102.00US$70.00US$110.865
Sep ’24US$74.12
US$84.83
+14.5%
11.4%US$102.00US$70.00US$105.116
Aug ’24US$70.60
US$85.17
+20.6%
12.3%US$103.00US$68.00US$96.606
Jul ’24US$66.89
US$86.17
+28.8%
12.4%US$103.00US$68.00US$89.686
Jun ’24US$70.20
US$91.67
+30.6%
10.3%US$111.00US$80.00US$102.306
May ’24US$70.92
US$94.17
+32.8%
9.2%US$113.00US$87.00US$91.966
Apr ’24US$76.64
US$94.17
+22.9%
9.2%US$113.00US$87.00US$92.776
Mar ’24US$81.29
US$93.20
+14.7%
10.7%US$113.00US$87.00US$85.635
Feb ’24US$76.69
US$88.00
+14.7%
6.8%US$98.00US$80.00US$73.185
Jan ’24US$66.84
US$88.00
+31.7%
6.8%US$98.00US$80.00US$83.505
Dec ’23US$73.95
US$87.20
+17.9%
7.5%US$98.00US$80.00US$77.785

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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