LyondellBasell Industries N.V.

LYB Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 19.8%, EPS grew 388.6%, free cash flow grew 356.4% and total debt rose 9.18%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

64.01 1.34 +2.14%
Market cap
$20.2B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
6.4×
Dividend yield
5.37%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
1.64
Beneish M
−2.87
Dividend safety
0/100

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) trades at a price to free cash flow of 12.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.8× (September 2022) to 51.5× (March 2026); the current reading is higher than 69% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 21.2× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 18.4×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 27.1× 129.70%
FY2024 11.8× 28.08%
FY2023 9.2× 41.69%
FY2022 6.5× 20.93%
FY2021 5.4× (74.44%)
FY2020 21.0× 42.83%
FY2019 14.7× 53.08%
FY2018 9.6× (21.27%)
FY2017 12.2× 12.78%
FY2016 10.8× 17.92%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 10.0× (60.14%)
Mar 2026 25.0× (7.78%)
Dec 2025 27.1× 38.19%
Sep 2025 19.6× (44.16%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.8× High 51.5×
Ten-year median 10.8×
Current reading's percentile 69

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare n/m
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 8.3×
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. 12.1×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 16.7×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 17.0×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 25.3×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 41.5×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 53.8×
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 61.6×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 21.2×
Basic Materials sector median 18.4×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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