Cabot Corp dividend history

Cabot Corp's dividend was $1.76 a share in fiscal 2025, up 6.0% on the year before. That was 29.0% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2021.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $140M
Dividends (TTM): $97M
Returned to shareholders: 84%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $438M
Diluted share count: −3.7%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 6.1%; dividends 2.5% + buybacks 3.6% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 51%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 1.5%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 7.6%; of revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

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

Cabot Corp: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2009Sept 2009	2010Sept 2010	2011Sept 2011	2012Sept 2012	2013Sept 2013	2014Sept 2014	2015Sept 2015	2016Sept 2016	2017Sept 2017	2018Sept 2018	2019Sept 2019	2020Sept 2020	2021Sept 2021	2022Sept 2022	2023Sept 2023	2024Sept 2024	2025Sept 2025	LTMJun 2026
Dividend per share	$0.720	$0.720	$0.720	$0.760	$0.800	$0.840	$0.880	$1.04	$1.23	$1.29	$1.36	$1.40	$1.40	$1.48	$1.54	$1.66	$1.76	—
Dividend per share growth	—	0.0%	0.0%	+5.6%	+5.3%	+5.0%	+4.8%	+18.2%	+18.3%	+4.9%	+5.4%	+2.9%	0.0%	+5.7%	+4.1%	+7.8%	+6.0%	—
Dividends paid	48	47	47	49	51	54	56	65	77	80	80	80	80	84	88	93	96	97
Share buybacks	2	5	59	36	6	18	101	45	61	142	173	44	3	53	98	172	168	140
Dividends ÷ net income	—	30.5%	19.9%	12.6%	33.3%	27.1%	—	44.2%	31.0%	—	51.0%	—	32.0%	40.2%	19.8%	24.5%	29.0%	51.1%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	16.4%	33.3%	—	36.6%	32.9%	37.5%	15.6%	23.2%	38.3%	115.9%	57.6%	45.2%	129.0%	—	25.1%	20.6%	24.6%	34.5%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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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.