LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
LYB Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals
In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 19.8%, EPS grew 388.6%, free cash flow grew 356.4% and total debt rose 9.18%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) Altman Z-score
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 1.64, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.64 | (0.64) |
| FY2024 | 2.29 | (0.19) |
| FY2023 | 2.48 | (0.58) |
| FY2022 | 3.06 | (0.04) |
| FY2021 | 3.10 | 1.11 |
| FY2020 | 1.98 | (0.87) |
| FY2019 | 2.86 | (0.76) |
| FY2018 | 3.62 | (1.07) |
| FY2017 | 4.69 | 0.50 |
| FY2016 | 4.19 | (0.53) |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.14 | — | 0.17 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.20 | — | 0.28 | |
| EBIT / total assets | (0.01) | — | −0.04 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.58 | — | 0.35 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.89 | — | 0.89 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | 1.64 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 1.93 | ||
Z and Z″ put LyondellBasell Industries N.V. in different zones: distress zone by Z, grey zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 3.7× |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare | 3.7× |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation compare | 2.3× |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 2.3× |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 2.2× |
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | 1.9× |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | 1.6× |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare | 1.2× |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 0.4× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets
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