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Profile - Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 31Price hit new 52-week high ($40.55)
Upcoming Events
Sep 14Dividend payment of $0.13
Location
Two Seaport Lane, Suite 1300
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 345-0100
Fax: (617) 342-6103
Employees (last reported count): 4,500
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 21%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 6 insider sells; 197.0K shares
  (1.5% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 60% (76% of float)
(374 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 1.09M shares (+3.00%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Cabot Corporation has businesses in chemicals, performance materials and specialty fluids. The Company's Chemicals business manufactures and sells carbon black, fumed metal oxides, and inkjet colorants for the automotive, construction, consumer products, microelectronics and rubber manufacturing industries, among others. The Performance Materials business produces tantalum, niobium (columbium) and their alloys for the electronic materials and refractory metals industries, and cesium, germanium, rubidium and tellurium for a wide variety of industries including the fiber optics and specialty chemicals industries. The Specialty Fluids business produces and markets cesium formate as a drilling and completion fluid for use in high pressure and high temperature oil and gas well operations.
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Financial Summary
Cabot Corp. has businesses in chemicals, performance materials, and specialty fluids, with manufacturing facilities in the United States and more than 20 other countries. For the nine months ended 6/30/01, total revenues increased 10% to $1.31 billion. Net income applicable to Common from continuing operations decreased 2% to $92 million. Revenues reflect improved volumes and higher prices. Net income was offset by increased feedstock and natural gas costs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Kennett Burnes, 57
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$2.8M$2.3M
William Noglows, 42
Exec. VP
1.8M293K
William Anderson, 45
VP, Controller
--  --  
Ho-il Kim, 42
VP, Gen. Counsel
--  --  
John Anderson, 60
VP- Safety, Health and Environmental Affairs
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:CBTAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 25-Oct-2000
$18.188
Recent Price$40.37 
52-Week High
on 31-Aug-2001
$40.55 
Beta0.86 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)192.7K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)205.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+9.7%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+47.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$2.53B
Shares Outstanding62.7M
Float49.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.52 
Dividend Yield1.29%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 25-Mar-1996
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$14.14 
Earnings (ttm)$1.40 
Earnings (mrq)$0.52 
Sales (ttm)$22.59 
Cash (mrq)$6.32 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)2.86 
Price/Earnings (ttm)28.75 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.79 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.69B
EBITDA (ttm)$284.0M
Income available to common (ttm)$103.0M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)5.5%
Operating Margin (ttm)7.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsSep 30
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)4.70%
Return on Equity (ttm)11.41%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)3.94 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.48 
Total Cash (mrq)$394.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short598.0K
Percent of Float1.2%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
488.0K
Short Ratio4.64 
Daily Volume129.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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