LyondellBasell Industries

US · LYB #972 by market cap Listed 1970

58.49 -0.44 -0.75%

Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 228s ago · 2026-10-08 07:08

Pre-market 59.25 +1.30%

After-hours 58.49 0.00%

Overnight 58.52 +0.05%

Market cap: 18.89B
P/E (TTM): -52.22
P/B: 1.77
EPS: -2.34
Div yield: 7.04%
52W pos: 45%

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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Fair

Altman Z-Score is 1.89, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year -9.71% YoY

Margins

Gross margin: 8.55%
Operating margin: 2.76%
Net margin: -2.49%

Key ratios & quality

Enterprise value: 28.76B
Altman Z-Score: 1.89

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	39.00B	34.73B	27.75B	46.17B	50.45B	33.34B	33.39B	30.15B
Gross profit	6.48B	5.43B	3.39B	8.78B	6.60B	4.90B	4.64B	2.58B
Selling & admin expenses	1.13B	1.20B	1.14B	1.26B	1.31B	1.54B	1.64B	1.61B
Research & development	115.00M	111.00M	113.00M	124.00M	124.00M	130.00M	135.00M	136.00M
Operating profit	5.23B	4.12B	2.14B	7.40B	5.17B	3.23B	2.87B	831.00M
Pretax profit	5.31B	4.05B	1.39B	6.79B	4.78B	2.30B	1.70B	-715.00M
Tax	613.00M	648.00M	-43.00M	1.16B	882.00M	433.00M	259.00M	70.00M
Net profit	4.69B	3.40B	1.43B	5.62B	3.89B	2.12B	1.37B	-738.00M
Basic EPS	12	10	4	17	12	6	4	-2
Diluted EPS	12.01	9.58	4.24	16.75	11.81	6.46	4.15	-2.34

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Revenue	7.68B	7.66B	7.73B	7.09B	7.20B	9.18B
Gross profit	549.00M	787.00M	906.00M	335.00M	701.00M	2.04B
Selling & admin expenses	401.00M	435.00M	401.00M	373.00M	411.00M	387.00M
Research & development	34.00M	35.00M	34.00M	33.00M	36.00M	34.00M
Operating profit	114.00M	317.00M	471.00M	-71.00M	254.00M	1.62B
Pretax profit	59.00M	224.00M	-856.00M	-142.00M	137.00M	808.00M
Tax	36.00M	69.00M	-27.00M	-8.00M	-2.00M	236.00M
Net profit	177.00M	115.00M	-890.00M	-140.00M	125.00M	559.00M
Basic EPS	1	0	-3	0	0	2
Diluted EPS	0.54	0.34	-2.77	-0.45	0.38	1.71

Balance sheet

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total current assets	10.57B	9.51B	11.63B	12.22B	11.85B	13.15B	12.27B	10.87B
Cash & ST investments	1.22B	1.05B	2.47B	1.48B	2.15B	3.39B	3.38B	3.44B
Inventory	4.52B	4.59B	4.34B	4.90B	4.80B	4.77B	4.66B	3.53B
Total assets	28.28B	30.44B	35.40B	36.74B	36.37B	37.00B	35.75B	34.00B
Total current liabilities	5.51B	5.20B	5.50B	7.23B	6.76B	7.15B	6.71B	6.13B
Short-term debt	890.00M	721.00M	981.00M	704.00M	1.13B	1.26B	972.00M	1.18B
Long-term debt	8.50B	11.61B	15.29B	11.25B	10.54B	10.33B	10.53B	12.12B
Total liabilities	17,882,000,000.00	22,256,000,000.00	27,299,000,000.00	24,754,000,000.00	23,622,000,000.00	23,942,000,000.00	23,158,000,000.00	23,796,000,000.00
Total equity	10.40B	8.18B	8.10B	11.99B	12.74B	13.06B	12.59B	10.21B
Retained earnings	6.76B	4.44B	4.44B	8.56B	9.20B	9.69B	9.33B	6.81B

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Total current assets	11.40B	11.08B	10.76B	10.87B	11.06B	11.67B
Cash & ST investments	1.87B	1.70B	1.78B	3.44B	2.64B	2.63B
Inventory	4.93B	4.57B	4.41B	3.53B	3.64B	4.08B
Total assets	35.19B	35.35B	33.79B	34.00B	33.96B	34.48B
Total current liabilities	6.24B	6.24B	6.85B	6.13B	7.19B	7.11B
Short-term debt	615.00M	614.00M	1.22B	1.18B	1.69B	1.70B
Long-term debt	10.61B	11.21B	10.64B	12.12B	11.23B	11.22B
Total liabilities	22,854,000,000.00	23,317,000,000.00	23,063,000,000.00	23,796,000,000.00	23,793,000,000.00	23,688,000,000.00
Total equity	12.34B	12.04B	10.72B	10.21B	10.17B	10.79B
Retained earnings	9.06B	8.73B	7.40B	6.81B	6.71B	7.04B

Cash flow

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Operating cash flow	5.47B	4.96B	3.40B	7.70B	6.12B	4.94B	3.82B	2.26B
Depreciation & amortization	1.24B	1.31B	1.39B	1.39B	1.27B	1.53B	1.52B	1.39B
Free cash flow	3.37B	2.27B	1.46B	5.74B	4.23B	3.41B	1.98B	384.00M
Dividends paid	-1.55B	-1.46B	-1.41B	-1.49B	-3.25B	-1.61B	-1.72B	-1.76B
Stock buybacks / issuance	-1.85B	-3.75B	-4.00M	-463.00M	-420.00M	-211.00M	-195.00M	-201.00M
Ending cash balance	401.00M	888.00M	1.77B	1.48B	2.16B	3.41B	3.39B	3.45B

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Operating cash flow	-579.00M	351.00M	983.00M	1.51B	-269.00M	752.00M
Depreciation & amortization	323.00M	332.00M	350.00M	385.00M	342.00M	347.00M
Free cash flow	-1.06B	-188.00M	577.00M	1.06B	-538.00M	482.00M
Dividends paid	-433.00M	-445.00M	-443.00M	-443.00M	-224.00M	-224.00M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-110.00M	-91.00M	0	0	0	0
Ending cash balance	1.87B	1.70B	1.80B	3.45B	2.64B	2.64B

Returns & efficiency

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROE %	48.76	36.98	17.70	56.44	31.64	16.50	10.66	-6.67
ROA %	17.19	11.53	4.30	15.51	10.59	5.74	3.72	-2.16
ROIC %	26.66	17.75	7.62	23.64	15.93	9.24	6.37	-1.77
5-year avg ROE %	54.95	54.34	45.85	44.98	38.30	31.85	26.59	21.72
EBIT margin %	14.54	12.67	6.89	15.82	10.04	7.55	5.17	-0.76
FCF / sales %	8.63	6.53	5.25	12.42	8.38	8.30	4.91	1.27
Current ratio	1.92	1.83	2.11	1.69	1.75	1.84	1.83	1.77
Quick ratio	1.03	0.87	1.26	0.93	0.92	1.03	1.03	1.02
Debt / assets	33.20	44.52	49.40	37.01	36.23	35.14	36.15	43.04
LT debt / equity	82.84	159.50	207.10	108.75	95.52	90.81	95.90	133.42
Interest coverage	15.75	12.68	3.63	14.08	17.64	6.51	4.33	-0.47
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	6.01	5.97	-6.98	5.79	13.26	6.30	-10.24	-15.77
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	1.55	-4.04	-33.73	6.17	4.62	14.18	-37.65	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	-8.56	-12.32	-26.43	19.44	23.10	32.78	-29.85	-55.05

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
ROE %	8.39	1.96	-9.98	-6.67	-7.21	-3.19
ROA %	2.94	0.69	-3.41	-2.16	-2.32	-1.03
ROIC %	5.28	2.01	-3.58	-1.77	-2.24	-0.39
5-year avg ROE %	--	--	--	--	--	--
EBIT margin %	3.98	1.56	-2.69	-0.76	-0.40	1.55
FCF / sales %	3.82	1.20	1.95	1.27	3.06	5.06
Current ratio	1.83	1.77	1.57	1.77	1.54	1.64
Quick ratio	0.91	0.79	0.70	1.02	0.82	0.93
Debt / assets	35.99	37.43	39.12	43.04	41.97	41.24
LT debt / equity	98.69	105.95	113.22	133.42	125.09	117.37
Interest coverage	3.43	1.31	-2.16	-0.47	-0.23	0.90
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Diversified

Olefins and Polyolefins-Americas (O&P-Americas) is the largest reported line at 38.37% of revenue, across 6 reported segments.
No single line clears half of revenue; Olefins and Polyolefins-Europe, Asia, International (O&P-EAI) is next at 32.20%, spreading the business across more than one real driver.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Olefins and Polyolefins-Americas (O&P-Americas)38.37%

Olefins and Polyolefins-Europe, Asia, International (O&P-EAI)32.20%

Intermediates and Derivatives (I&D)29.93%

Advanced Polymer Solutions (APS)11.01%

Technology1.82%

Quote time 2026-10-08 07:08:23 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.