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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) Gross margin
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 14.3%, up 5.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.55%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.55% (fiscal 2025) to 21.5% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8.55% | (5.36) |
| FY2024 | 13.9% | (0.79) |
| FY2023 | 14.7% | 1.61 |
| FY2022 | 13.1% | (5.92) |
| FY2021 | 19.0% | 6.78 |
| FY2020 | 12.2% | (3.39) |
| FY2019 | 15.6% | (0.98) |
| FY2018 | 16.6% | (2.03) |
| FY2017 | 18.6% | (1.90) |
| FY2016 | 20.5% | (1.01) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 17.6% | (4.61) |
| Jun 2026 | 22.2% | 12.47 |
| Mar 2026 | 9.74% | 5.02 |
| Dec 2025 | 4.72% | (7.01) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| RPM RPM International Inc. compare | 41.2% |
| PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare | 40.9% |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare | 36.5% |
| DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare | 35.5% |
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | 33.5% |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 30.9% |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation compare | 25.8% |
| LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | 14.3% |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | 10.8% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 27.8% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 25.0% |
| Market median | 45.1% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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