LyondellBasell (LYB)
Materials · $19.5B market cap · SEC CIK 0001489393
$59.24
▼-1.66% on the day
close of Sep 22, 2026
38
Screens poorly
fundamentals score out of 100
fundamentals score out of 100
Next reports on Oct 29, 2026, before the open, with analysts expecting $2.72 in earnings per share.
The case for LYB
- Earnings per share up 384.6%.
- Pays a 5.3% dividend while you wait.
- Moves less than the market (beta 0.37).
- Price/sales of 0.6× is lower than 96% of Materials companies.
The case against
- Losing money over the last year: net margin -1.1%, return on equity -3%.
- Revenue fell 11.3% year over year.
- Pays a dividend while losing money over the last twelve months.
- Value is weak (37/100): no earnings to pay for, 0.6× sales, 2.0% free-cash yield.
What the score is made of
Each factor is half a curve over reported figures and half a rank among the other Materials companies (momentum is judged against fixed thresholds only), and the five are blended by weight. It describes the last filing and the current price. It is not a forecast.
| Valuewhat you pay for the earnings, sales, assets and cash | 37 |
|---|---|
| Growthhow fast revenue and earnings are moving, this year and over five | 33 |
| Profitabilityhow much of the revenue becomes profit, and how much of that is cash | 16 |
| Momentumhow the price has behaved lately | 53 |
| Stabilityhow violently it moves, what it owes and what it pays you | 65 |
- It is losing money, so it has no P/E; that counts against value rather than being skipped.
- Each factor except momentum is half fixed thresholds, half rank among the 26 Materials companies.
Key numbers
| Price / earnings | n/a |
|---|---|
| Price / book | 1.59× |
| Price / sales | 0.6× |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -11.3% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | +384.6% |
| Gross margin | 13% |
| Operating margin | 1% |
| Net margin | -1% |
| Return on equity | -3% |
| Debt / equity | 1.21× |
| Current ratio | 1.64 |
| Dividend yield | 5.31% |
| Beta | 0.37 |
| 52-week range | $41.58 – $83.94 |
| Position in that range | 42% of the way up |
| 3-month return | +0.3% |
| 1-year return | +15.8% |
Five years of financials, as filed
Pulled from LyondellBasell's XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. Italic rows are derived from the rows above.
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $30.2B | $33.4B | $33.3B | $50.5B | $46.2B |
| Operating income | -$420M | $1.9B | $2.7B | $5.1B | $6.8B |
| Net income | -$738M | $1.4B | $2.1B | $3.9B | $5.6B |
| Operating cash flow | $2.3B | $3.8B | $4.9B | $6.1B | $7.7B |
| Capital expenditure | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.5B | $1.9B | $2.0B |
| Total assets | $34.0B | $35.7B | $37.0B | $36.4B | $36.7B |
| Shareholder equity | $10.1B | $12.5B | $12.9B | $12.6B | $11.9B |
| Cash | $3.4B | $3.4B | $3.4B | $2.2B | $1.5B |
| Free cash flow | $384M | $2.0B | $3.4B | $4.2B | $5.7B |
| Operating margin | -1.4% | 5.7% | 8.2% | 10.1% | 14.7% |
| Net margin | -2.4% | 4.1% | 6.4% | 7.7% | 12.2% |
Risk factors LYB lists in its 10-K
- Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
- Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
- Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax—
- Sales and other operating revenues
- Income (loss) from equity investments
- Olefins and Polyolefins-Americas Segment
- Olefins and Polyolefins-Europe, Asia, International Segment
- Intermediates and Derivatives Segment
- Cash Requirements from Contractual and Other Obligations
- Long-Lived Assets Impairment Assessment
- Equity Method Investments Impairment
- Effects on Benefit Obligations in 2025
- Effects on Net Periodic Pension Costs in 2026
- Effects on Net Periodic Benefit Costs in 2026