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CBT

Rank #296

Rank #296 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.24) · ROE 21.1% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.

As-of 2026-07-22 · CIK 0000016040 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.

Financials

Strengthening

Direction over 5 fiscal years

  • Free cash flowimproving
  • Gross marginstable
  • Gross profitabilitystable
  • Net cashimproving
  • Operating marginimproving
  • Return on equitystable
  • Share count (dilution)improving

Monitoring diagnostic of business direction — not a prediction of returns.

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USD in millions, except per-share (EPS) and percentage rows. Values are as originally filed; em-dash = not tagged in that year's filing.
Fiscal year end2025-09-30filed 2025-11-242024-09-30filed 2024-11-202023-09-30filed 2023-11-222022-09-30filed 2022-11-23
Income statement
Revenue3,713.03,994.03,931.04,321.0
Revenue growth (YoY)-7.0%1.6%-9.0%26.8%
Gross profit940.0960.0839.0885.0
Gross margin25.3%24.0%21.3%20.5%
Net income331.0380.0445.0209.0
Net margin8.9%9.5%11.3%4.8%
EPS (diluted)$6.02$6.72$7.73$3.62
EPS growth (YoY)-10.4%-13.1%113.5%
Cash flow
Operating cash flow665.0692.0595.0100.0
Capital expenditures274.0241.0244.0211.0
Free cash flow391.0451.0351.0(111.0)

Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?