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LyondellBasell Industries N.V.

LYBIndustrial organic chemicals

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Explained from its latest yearly and quarterly reports to the SEC, filed October 30, 2026.

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Key numbers

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In the year to December 31, 2025, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. sold $30.2 billion of goods and services, down 9.7% on the year before. It made a loss of about $2 for every $100 of sales. Its business brought in $2.3 billion of cash, leaving $384 million after paying for buildings and equipment. It owed $8 billion more in long-term debt than it held in cash, about $0.99 borrowed for every $1 of owners' money.

$30.2 billion
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. sold $30.2 billion of goods and services in the year to December 31, 2025.
Year to December 31, 2025

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Key ratios

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Operating margin
-1.4%
Year ended December 31, 2025
Running the business cost more than it earned from sales: it lost about $1 on every $100 before interest and tax.
What it is: Operating income as a share of sales: of each $100 of sales, what's left after paying for what was sold and for running the business, before interest and tax.
Profit margin
-2.4%
Year ended December 31, 2025
After every cost, it lost about $2 for every $100 of sales.
What it is: Net income as a share of sales: what's left after every cost, including interest and tax. A 10% net profit margin means $10 of final profit for every $100 of sales.
Earnings per share
-$2.34
The year before$4.15
Latest year-$2.34
Year ended December 31, 2025
Split across all its shares, the year's loss comes to $2.34 per share.
What it is: Net income divided by the average number of shares during the period. "Diluted" EPS also counts shares that could still be created, for example from staff stock awards, so it's usually slightly lower.
Return on equity
-6.5%
Year ended December 31, 2025
For every $100 that belongs to shareholders on paper, it made about $-7 of profit in a year.
What it is: Net income for a year divided by the average shareholders' equity over that year. A 20% ROE means $20 of profit for every $100 of owners' money in the business.
Free cash flow
$384 million
Cash its business brought in (operating cash flow)$2.3 billion
Spent on buildings and equipment (capital expenditure)−$1.9 billion
Left over as spare cash (free cash flow)$384 million
Year ended December 31, 2025
The cash left after running the business and paying for new buildings and equipment: money it could use for dividends, buybacks, paying debt or growing.
What it is: Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure: the cash left after the business pays for the buildings and equipment it needs. It's what the company can use to pay dividends, buy back shares, repay debt or save.
Current ratio
1.78
$1.78
Less than it owes soon$1 for $1More than enough
On September 30, 2026
It had about $1.78 of cash and other short-term assets for every $1 of bills due within a year, more than enough to cover them.
What it is: Current assets (cash, money customers owe it, stock and anything else it expects to turn into cash within a year) divided by current liabilities (bills it must pay within a year). 1.5 means $1.50 coming in for every $1 due.
Debt-to-equity
$0.99 per $1
Borrowing due after a year (long-term debt)$11.2 billion
What belongs to the owners (shareholders' equity)$11.3 billion
On September 30, 2026
It owed about $0.99 in long-term loans and bonds for every $1 that belongs to shareholders. Higher means it relies more on borrowed money.
What it is: Long-term borrowing divided by shareholders' equity (what the accounts say belongs to the owners). 0.5 means $0.50 borrowed for every $1 of owners' money; higher means it relies more on borrowed money.
Assets per $1 owed
$1.48
What it owns (assets)$34.7 billion
What it owes (liabilities)$23.5 billion
On September 30, 2026
Everything it owns (buildings, cash, stock, money owed to it) is worth about $1.48 for every $1 it owes in total.
What it is: Everything the company owes: loans, bonds, bills to suppliers, taxes due, and other obligations.

What changed in a year

Each figure next to the same figure a year earlier. Quarters are compared with the same quarter a year before, because many businesses are busier in some seasons.

Revenue (sales)
Down 9.7%
$30.2 billion vs $33.4 billion a year earlier
The year before$33.4 billion
Latest year$30.2 billion
Year ended December 31, 2025, vs the year before
It sold less than the year before.
What it is: All the money a company takes in from selling its products and services, before paying any costs. Also called sales.
Revenue (sales)
Up 10%
$8.5 billion vs $7.7 billion a year earlier
Same quarter a year earlier$7.7 billion
Latest quarter$8.5 billion
Quarter ended September 30, 2026, vs the same quarter a year earlier
Its latest three months brought in more sales than the same three months a year earlier.
What it is: A three-month period. US public companies report their results every quarter.
Net income (profit)
No comparison
-$738 million vs $1.4 billion a year earlier
The year before$1.4 billion
Latest year-$738 million
Year ended December 31, 2025, vs the year before
A percentage change isn't meaningful here, because one of the two figures was a loss or zero.

Left out on purpose: gross profit. The company either doesn't report this in SEC's standard data, or the latest figure isn't available yet. candor leaves a number out rather than guess.

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Source: Annual report (10-K) filed February 20, 2026 Source: Quarterly report (10-Q) filed October 30, 2026