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

61.79 1.17 −1.86%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) trades at a price to free cash flow of 7.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.8× (September 2022) to 51.5× (March 2026); the current reading is higher than 13% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 19.1× and below the Basic Materials sector median of 17.7×.

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
Sep 2026 7.3× (26.70%)
Jun 2026 10.0× (60.14%)
Mar 2026 25.0× (7.78%)
Dec 2025 27.1× 38.19%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.8× High 51.5×
Ten-year median 10.8×
Current reading's percentile 13

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare n/m
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. 7.8×
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 8.6×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 17.7×
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 20.6×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 21.5×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 24.6×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 42.3×
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 707×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 19.1×
Basic Materials sector median 17.7×
Market median 14.1×

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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