Cabot (NYSE:CBT) reported quarterly earnings of $1.70 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.68 by 1.01 percent. This is a 5.56 percent decrease over earnings of $1.80 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $899.000 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $960.763 million by 6.43 percent. This is a 10.19 percent decrease over sales of $1.001 billion the same period last year.