Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate Cabot Corporation before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Cabot Corporation’s stock price such as:

• Cabot Corporation’s current stock price and volume
• Why Cabot Corporation’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for CBT from analysts
• CBT’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Cabot Corporation (CBT)

Before we jump into Cabot Corporation’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently dip, let’s take a look at some background.

Cabot Corporation operates as a specialty chemicals and performance materials company. The company operates through two segments, Reinforcement Materials and Performance Chemicals. It offers reinforcing carbons that are used in tires as a rubber reinforcing agent and performance additive, as well as in industrial products, such as hoses, belts, extruded profiles, and molded goods; and engineered elastomer composites solutions. The company also provides specialty carbons for use in inks, coatings, plastics, adhesives, toners, batteries, and displays; conductive additives and fumed alumina used in lead acid and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles; fumed silica used in adhesives, sealants, cosmetics, batteries, inks, toners, silicone elastomers, coatings, polishing slurries, and pharmaceuticals; and fumed alumina for use in various products, including inkjet media, lighting, coatings, cosmetics, and polishing slurries. In addition, it offers aerogel, a hydrophobic, silica-based particle to use in various thermal insulation and specialty chemical applications; masterbatch and conductive compound products that are used in automotive, industrial, packaging, infrastructure, agriculture, consumer products, and electronics industries; and inkjet colorants for inkjet printing applications, as well as carbon nanotubes and fumed metal oxides. The company sells its products through distributors and sales representatives in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Cabot Corporation was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Cabot Corporation’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of May 06, 2025, 12:44 PM, CST, Cabot Corporation’s stock price was $73.275.

Cabot Corporation is down 5.45% from its previous closing price of $77.500.

During the last market session, Cabot Corporation’s stock traded between $72.005 and $75.150. Currently, there are approximately 54.30 million shares outstanding for Cabot Corporation.

Cabot Corporation’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 10.3, which is low compared to the Chemicals industry median of 20.4. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Cabot Corporation Stock Price History

Cabot Corporation’s (CBT) price is currently down 6.7% so far this month.

During the month of May, Cabot Corporation’s stock price has reached a high of $78.850 and a low of $72.005.

Over the last year, Cabot Corporation has hit prices as high as $117.460 and as low as $73.630. Year to date, Cabot Corporation’s stock is down 19.75%.

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What Caused Cabot Corporation Stock’s Price to Dip?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

One of the most common factors that can drastically impact a stock’s price is analyst upgrades and downgrades. When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. However, as of May 05, 2025,, no analysts have changed their rating of Cabot Corporation’s stock over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Cabot Corporation’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Cabot Corporation’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Cabot Corporation’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a B, which means it is considered to be Value.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Cabot Corporation (CBT) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Cabot Corporation

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of May 05, 2025, Cabot Corporation has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of -6.43%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 36 and is considered to be Weak.

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Cabot Corporation Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of May 6, 2025, Cabot Corporation’s stock price is $73.275, which is down 5.45% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Cabot Corporation stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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