LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB

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LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) Operating margin

LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.09%, up 4.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−1.39%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.39% (fiscal 2025) to 18.7% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.63% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.82%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 −1.39% (7.13)
FY2024 5.74% (2.43)
FY2023 8.17% (1.94)
FY2022 10.1% (4.56)
FY2021 14.7% 9.05
FY2020 5.62% (6.23)
FY2019 11.9% (1.56)
FY2018 13.4% (2.42)
FY2017 15.8% (1.51)
FY2016 17.3% (1.36)

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 16.8% 13.49
Mar 2026 3.32% 4.56
Dec 2025 −1.24% 8.22
Sep 2025 −9.46% (13.18)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −1.39% High 18.7%
Ten-year median 11.9%
Current reading's percentile 9

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 33.3%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 14.4%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 13.4%
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 12.3%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 9.90%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 7.48%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 4.27%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. 3.09%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 3.63%
Basic Materials sector median 0.82%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

The full definition of Operating margin →

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