LyondellBasell Industries N.V.

LYB Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

LyondellBasell Industries N.V.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $30.2 billion, down 9.71% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+9.99%
EPS
+183.8%
Free cash flow
+144.9%
Total debt
+4.01%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

61.79 1.17 −1.86%
Market cap
$19.9B
P/E
15.6×
Fwd P/E
9.2×
Dividend yield
5.57%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
1.64
Beneish M
−2.87
Dividend safety
0/100

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) Debt to equity

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LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.1×, down 0.2× from fiscal 2025 (1.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.9× (fiscal 2023) to 2.0× (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.6× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 1.3× 43.42%
FY2024 0.9× 3.01%
FY2023 0.9× (3.20%)
FY2022 0.9× (8.37%)
FY2021 1.0× (51.03%)
FY2020 2.0× 33.53%
FY2019 1.5× 63.84%
FY2018 0.9× (5.18%)
FY2017 1.0× (34.88%)
FY2016 1.5× 21.09%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 1.1× (9.41%)
Jun 2026 1.2× (5.97%)
Mar 2026 1.3× 0.28%
Dec 2025 1.3× 14.72%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.9× High 2.0×
Ten-year median 1.0×
Current reading's percentile 73

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 0.2×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 0.2×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 0.5×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 0.6×
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.7×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 0.7×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 0.8×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. 1.1×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 1.3×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.6×
Basic Materials sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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