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Cabot Corporation (CBT) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review
GlobalData, Feb 2012, Pages: 38
Cabot Corporation (CBT) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review
Summary
Cabot Corporation (Cabot) is a gloabal specialty chemicals and performance materials company. Cabot carries out business operations along with its subsidiaries and affiliates. Cabot manufactures various chemical and performance materials. The primary products of the company are rubber and specialty grade carbon blacks, fumed silica, cesium formate drilling fluids, inkjet colorants, and aerogels. Cabot caters to variety of industries such as aerospace & defense, automotive, brand protection, chemical processing, chemical processing, electronics, energy, environmental protection, glasses & ceramics, life sciences, mineral processing, textiles, transportation, and batteries, among others. Cabot operates across Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific. Cabot is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the US.
The company aspires to establish itself as the preferred supplier of its customers in both domestic and international markets. In 2011, Cabot improved earning for the second straight year and achieved the predefined goal of $3 adjusted earnings per share (EPS). Further, Cabot sets itself to achieve $4.50 adjusted earnings per share by 2014, meanwhile maintaining an adjusted return on invested capital over 13%. The key strategic approach of the company is to focus on long-term growth, which can be achieved through margin improvement, emerging market expansion, new business development and portfolio management. The company offered products and services are well placed to fulfill the needs of emerging demand in lighter weight automobiles, alternative energy sources, increased transportation and infrastructure sectors.
Cabot Corporation Key Recent Developments
Feb 29, 2012: Cabot Introduces PBX51 Carbon Performance Additive For Advanced Lead-Acid Batteries
Feb 28, 2012: Cabot Launches New Performance Additive for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries
Feb 06, 2012: Cabot Launches Treated Fumed Silica CAB-O-SIL ULTRABOND 4740
Feb 01, 2012: Cabot Reports Revenue Of $762m In Q1 Fiscal 2012
Oct 05, 2011: ActOnEnergy, Cabot Team Up On Major Energy Efficiency Initiatives
This comprehensive SWOT profile of Cabot Corporation provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.
The profile contains critical company information including:
- Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
- Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
- SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
- Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
- Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
- Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
- Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
- Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
- Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
- Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
- Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
- Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.
Note: Some sections may be missing if data is unavailable for the company
Key benefits of buying this profile include:
You get detailed information about the company and its operations to identify potential customers and suppliers.
- The profile analyzes the company’s business structure, operations, major products and services, prospects, locations and subsidiaries, key executives and their biographies and key competitors.
Understand and respond to your competitors’ business structure and strategies, and capitalize on their weaknesses. Stay up to date on the major developments affecting the company.
- The company’s core strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed and presented in the profile objectively. Recent developments in the company covered in the profile help you track important events.
Equip yourself with information that enables you to sharpen your strategies and transform your operations profitably.
- Opportunities that the company can explore and exploit are sized up and its growth potential assessed in the profile. Competitive and/or technological threats are highlighted.
Scout for potential investments and acquisition targets, with detailed insight into the companies’ strategic, financial and operational performance.
- Financial ratio presented for major public companies in the profile include the revenue trends, profitability, growth, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.
Gain key insights into the company for academic or business research.
- Key elements such as SWOT analysis, corporate strategy and financial ratios and charts are incorporated in the profile to assist your academic or business research needs.
Key Words
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