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

61.48 0.15 −0.24%
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) Net margin

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LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.05%, up 6.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−2.47%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.47% (fiscal 2025) to 14.2% (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is in line with the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 4.19% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.42%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 −2.47% (6.54)
FY2024 4.07% (2.27)
FY2023 6.34% (1.35)
FY2022 7.69% (4.46)
FY2021 12.2% 7.03
FY2020 5.12% (4.64)
FY2019 9.76% (2.26)
FY2018 12.0% (2.13)
FY2017 14.2% 1.01
FY2016 13.1% (0.53)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 8.90% 2.82
Jun 2026 6.08% 4.37
Mar 2026 1.71% 3.71
Dec 2025 −2.00% 9.54
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −2.47% High 14.2%
Ten-year median 9.76%
Current reading's percentile 16

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 9.41%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 8.89%
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 8.63%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 8.37%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 7.79%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 4.26%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. 4.05%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 1.67%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −3.87%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 4.19%
Basic Materials sector median 1.42%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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