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Cabot Corp cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, Cabot Corp's operations generated $665m of cash; it spent $274m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $391m. It returned $96.0m in dividends and $168m through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Sept 20092010Sept 20102011Sept 20112012Sept 20122013Sept 20132014Sept 20142015Sept 20152016Sept 20162017Sept 20172018Sept 20182019Sept 20192020Sept 20202021Sept 20212022Sept 20222023Sept 20232024Sept 20242025Sept 2025LTMJun 2026
Cash from operations399249195415419315499392348298363377257100595692665497
Depreciation and amortisation164137142154190201183161155149148158160146144151154180
Stock-based pay27271918161412171622119212320252418
Capital spending106108230281264171141112147229224200195211244241274216
Free cash flow293141−351341551443582802016913917762−111351451391281
Free cash flow after stock pay266114−541161391303462631854712816841−134331426367263
Dividends paid484747495154566577808080808488939697
Share buybacks25593661810145611421734435398172168140
Shares issued———10914410212243664208—

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from Cabot Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Cabot Corp.