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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.25
Total sells 0.74
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 1 — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — 1 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 20.25%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 20,240.00
Revenue 31,192.00
Net Income (346.00)
Free Cash Flow 1,709.00
Net Debt 10,270.00
Current Ratio 1.64 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 1.21
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E 6.43
P/S ratio 0.66
P/B ratio 1.94
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 437.91% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (33.47%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 10.20% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 56.24% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 22.93%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 12.79%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 34.57%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 76.63%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 3.44
Annual Dividend Yield 5.37%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.76
0.69
0.69
0.69
2025 5.45
1.34
1.37
1.37
1.37
2024 5.27
1.25
1.34
1.34
1.34
2023 4.94
1.19
1.25
1.25
1.25
2022 3.51
1.13
5.20
1.19
1.19
2021 4.44
1.05
1.13
1.13
1.13
2020 4.20
1.05
1.05
1.05
1.05
2019 4.15
1.00
1.05
1.05
1.05
2018 4.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2017 3.55
0.85
0.90
0.90
0.90
2016 3.33
0.78
0.85
0.85
0.85
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 3,405 3,388 3,449 2,640
Receivables 3,507 3,292 2,517 3,968
Inventory 4,765 4,658 3,533 4,079
Other — — 757 —
13,152 12,266 10,868 11,665
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 3,815 3,732 2,694 3,233
ST’ Debt 899 617 814 1,695
Other — — 665 —
7,150 6,705 6,129 7,107

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (0.82%) 1.67% (15.77%)
Cash Flow (9.05%) (7.85%) (28.23%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 4.38% 4.79% (7.20%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 7,197 9,177 — — —
’25 7,677 7,658 7,727 7,091 30,153
’24 8,304 8,678 8,604 7,808 33,394
’23 10,247 10,306 10,625 2,158 33,336
’22 13,157 14,838 12,250 10,206 50,451
’21 9,082 11,561 12,700 12,830 46,173
’20 7,494 5,546 6,776 7,937 27,753
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (269) 752 — — —
’25 (579) 351 983 1,507 2,262
’24 (114) 1,348 670 1,915 3,819
’23 482 1,290 1,666 1,504 4,942
’22 1,502 1,599 1,414 1,604 6,119
’21 571 1,902 2,143 3,079 7,695
’20 542 1,292 827 743 3,404
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (538) 482 — — —
’25 (1,062) (188) 577 1,188 515
’24 (597) 864 302 1,479 2,048
’23 130 989 1,272 1,020 3,411
’22 1,056 1,067 975 1,131 4,229
’21 231 1,471 1,629 2,405 5,736
’20 (118) 704 402 469 1,457
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.38 1.71 — — —
’25 0.54 0.35 (2.77) (0.45) (2.34)
’24 1.44 2.82 1.75 (1.87) 4.15
’23 1.44 2.18 2.29 0.56 6.46
’22 4.00 4.98 1.75 1.07 11.81
’21 3.18 6.13 5.25 2.18 16.75
’20 0.42 0.94 0.33 2.55 4.24
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.5
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 69.10 78.01 77.52 68.61 33.71 84.06 71.46 81.24 72.93 41.58

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 93.75 111.62 121.95 98.91 95.47 118.02 117.22 102.05 107.02 79.39
People
People Employees 13,000 13,400 19,450 19,100 19,200 19,100 19,300 20,000 20,000 18,970
Revenue/emp, $m 2.24 2.57 2.01 1.82 1.45 2.42 2.61 1.67 1.67 1.59
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 29,183 34,484 39,004 34,727 27,753 46,173 50,451 33,336 33,394 30,153
Gross margin, % 20.53 18.63 16.60 15.62 12.23 19.01 13.09 14.70 13.91 8.55
EBT 5,233 5,493 5,311 4,052 1,386 6,786 4,776 2,299 1,701 (715)
EBT margin, % 17.93 15.93 13.62 11.67 4.99 14.70 9.47 6.90 5.09 (2.37)
Net income 3,837 4,877 4,690 3,397 1,427 5,617 3,889 2,121 1,367 (738)
Depreciation 1,080 1,189 1,255 1,323 1,406 1,428 1,281 1,543 1,533 1,401
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 69.65 86.64 100.27 98.38 83.09 138.24 154.28 102.57 102.75 93.64
Earnings 9.13 12.23 12.01 9.58 4.24 16.75 11.81 6.46 4.15 (2.34)
Cash flow 13.38 13.08 14.06 14.05 10.19 23.04 18.71 15.21 11.75 7.02
Capex (5.35) (3.89) (5.41) (7.63) (5.83) (5.87) (5.78) (4.71) (5.45) (5.43)
Free cash flow 8.03 9.19 8.65 6.42 4.36 17.17 12.93 10.50 6.30 1.60
Book value 14.49 22.49 26.43 22.84 23.92 35.54 38.62 39.83 38.38 31.34
Shares, m 419 398 389 353 334 334 327 325 325 322
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 9.55 9.16 6.95 9.87 21.62 5.51 7.12 14.93 17.94 0.00
P/S 1.25 1.30 0.83 0.96 1.10 0.67 0.54 0.94 0.72 0.46
P/B 5.99 4.99 3.15 4.14 3.83 2.59 2.17 2.42 1.94 1.38
EV/Sales 1.49 1.46 1.04 1.28 1.59 0.89 0.73 1.18 0.96 0.78
EV/FCF 12.89 13.79 12.02 19.55 30.27 7.14 8.66 11.50 15.58 45.50
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 5,606 5,206 5,471 4,961 3,404 7,695 6,119 4,942 3,819 2,262
Capex (2,243) (1,547) (2,105) (2,694) (1,947) (1,959) (1,890) (1,531) (1,771) (1,747)
Free cash flow 3,363 3,659 3,366 2,267 1,457 5,736 4,229 3,411 2,048 515
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 5,059 6,961 5,053 4,312 6,132 4,987 5,085 6,002 5,561 4,739
Total debt 8,981 8,619 9,387 12,062 15,957 11,614 11,321 11,232 11,149 12,938
Net debt 6,956 5,784 8,094 10,978 13,490 10,128 9,165 7,827 7,761 9,489
Shareholders’ equity 6,073 8,950 10,280 8,063 7,988 11,872 12,629 12,944 12,474 10,093
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 16.61 19.65 17.21 11.55 4.31 15.55 10.62 5.76 3.74 (2.14)
ROIC 24.27 23.16 17.79 13.51 4.54 19.24 14.63 8.20 5.92 (1.34)
ROE 60.66 64.95 48.76 36.96 17.69 56.50 31.69 16.53 10.70 (6.60)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. $24.0B 15.3× 15.5× +7.15% (above 0%: growing) −1.01% (below 0%: shrinking) +67.67% (above 0%: growing) 40.22% 14.15% Compare
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. $23.0B 83.2× 29.3× +1.82% (above 0%: growing) −91.63% (below 0%: shrinking) +94.52% (above 0%: growing) 43.65% 8.09% Compare
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. $20.2B — (loss-making) 6.4× +19.84% (above 0%: growing) +388.57% (above 0%: growing) +356.38% (above 0%: growing) 22.21% 16.81%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $17.8B 290× 26.5× +4.00% (above 0%: growing) +150.00% (above 0%: growing) +1,250.00% (above 0%: growing) 35.13% 16.38% Compare
RPM RPM International Inc. $12.8B 18.4× 18.3× +4.82% (above 0%: growing) +13.75% (above 0%: growing) +33.14% (above 0%: growing) 41.25% 15.99% Compare
ALB Albemarle Corporation $11.6B 199× 14.9× +31.08% (above 0%: growing) n/m +708.43% (above 0%: growing) 33.86% 25.98% Compare
SSL Sasol Ltd. $10.1B 3.5× 5.2× −5.20% (below 0%: shrinking) +20.86% (above 0%: growing) +6,912.65% (above 0%: growing) 31.35% 0.00% Compare
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. $9.5B 27.4× 27.8× +11.13% (above 0%: growing) −14.99% (below 0%: shrinking) +70.83% (above 0%: growing) 32.23% 17.16% Compare
ESI Element Solutions Inc. $8.7B 47.4× 33.3× +56.41% (above 0%: growing) +60.00% (above 0%: growing) +29.19% (above 0%: growing) 34.15% 11.63% Compare
Median of peers $12.2B 37.4× 22.4× +5.99% +13.75% +82.68% 34.64% 15.07%

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LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) key facts

  • Concern: LyondellBasell Industries N.V. reported a net loss of $738.0 million, or a loss of $2.34 per share, for fiscal 2025.
  • LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, LYB traded at $64.01, a market capitalization of $20.2 billion.
  • Trailing earnings are negative, so a P/E ratio is not meaningful; the stock trades at 0.7× sales.
  • LyondellBasell Industries N.V. pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share, a yield of 5.37%.
  • Return on equity was −6.60% and debt-to-equity 1.21.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.64 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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