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LyondellBasell Industries N.v. LYB

15 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
12 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
$30.2B
▼ 9.7% YoY
$-738.0M
▼ 154.0% YoY
$384.0M
▼ 80.6% YoY
In brief

What this company does

LyondellBasell operates large processing plants that convert liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon feedstocks into plastic resins and other chemicals. Its plastics and chemicals are used by customers to manufacture products including food packaging, home furnishings, automotive components, paints and coatings. As of December 31, 2025, the company had approximately 18,970 employees. On that date it owned approximately 5,000 patents and patent applications worldwide. No single customer accounted for 10% or more of total revenues in 2025. Operations are managed through five operating segments: Olefins and Polyolefins-Americas, Olefins and Polyolefins-Europe, Asia, International, Intermediates and Derivatives, Advanced Polymer Solutions and Technology. The Technology segment develops and licenses chemical and polyolefin process technologies and manufactures and sells polyolefin catalysts. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. was incorporated as a Naamloze Vennootschap under Dutch law on October 15, 2009.

Written from the business description in LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 20 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 30.2B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 15-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 30.2 · Net income -0.7
20B40B20112013201520172019202120232025
Compound annual growth
−15.8%
+2.2%
−0.8%
+5.1%
+5.3%
+6.0%
−18.8%
+6.9%
−10.7%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +2.2% a year over five years.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
−2 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating -1.4% · Net -2.4%
5%10%15%-1%-2%20112013201520172019202120232025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE -6.5%
20%40%60%20112013201520172019202120232025

Each USD of equity lost 7 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 2.0B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $B
FY2025 · FCF 0.4
2B4B20112013201520172019202120232025
Net buybacks $B Dividends $B
FY2025 · Dividends 1.8 · Net buybacks 0.2
2.5B5.0BDividendsNet buybacks20112013201520172019202120232025

USD 1.8B in dividends and USD 201.0M in buybacks went back to shareholders in a year without profit.

Total assetsUSD 34.0B
EquityUSD 10.1B
CashUSD 3.4B
Gross debtUSD 12.3B
Net debtUSD 8.9B
Current ratio1.77×

Net debt stands at 88% of equity.

The 15-year record
15 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 202520242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011
Revenue $B30.233.433.350.546.227.033.938.133.728.532.745.644.145.448.2
Operating income $B−0.41.92.75.16.81.64.15.25.55.16.15.75.14.74.3
EBITDA $B1.03.44.36.48.22.95.46.56.66.17.26.86.15.75.3
Income tax $B0.10.30.40.91.2−0.00.60.60.61.41.71.51.11.31.1
Net income $B−0.71.42.13.95.61.43.44.74.93.84.54.23.92.82.1
Free cash flow $B0.42.03.44.25.71.52.33.43.73.44.44.53.33.71.8
EPS, diluted $−2.344.156.4611.8116.754.249.5812.0112.239.139.597.996.754.923.74
Dividend / sh $5.455.274.944.704.444.204.154.003.553.333.042.702.004.205.05
Payout %−239126768326984333293632342985135
ROE %−6.510.816.631.856.717.837.148.865.160.960.240.232.726.220.3
Shares out B0.320.320.320.330.330.330.330.380.390.400.440.490.550.580.57

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Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 46 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 16 of 19 fiscal years. 34 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityIndustrial Organic Chemicals
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inoutside the United States — SEC code P7
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2010

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