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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
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LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) Free cash flow margin
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.96%, up 6.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (1.71%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.71% (fiscal 2025) to 13.5% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.49% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.71% | (4.42) |
| FY2024 | 6.13% | (4.10) |
| FY2023 | 10.2% | 1.85 |
| FY2022 | 8.38% | (4.04) |
| FY2021 | 12.4% | 7.17 |
| FY2020 | 5.25% | (1.28) |
| FY2019 | 6.53% | (2.10) |
| FY2018 | 8.63% | (1.98) |
| FY2017 | 10.6% | (0.91) |
| FY2016 | 11.5% | (1.93) |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 20.1% |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 11.2% |
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 9.50% |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | 7.96% |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare | 7.67% |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare | 4.75% |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | 0.10% |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation compare | 0.00% |
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | 0.00% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 3.49% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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