Latest revenue
$7.20B
as of 2026-03-31
Latest net income
—
as of 2026-03-31
Net margin
—
as of 2026-03-31
Price · 5Y
Live market
delayed ≤15 min- Market cap
- $22.50B
- Enterprise value
- $32.79B
- P/E (trailing)
- —
- Forward P/E
- —
- P/B
- 2.24×
- Dividend yield
- 6.9%
- 52-wk high
- $83.94
- 52-wk low
- $41.58
- Beta
- —
- Shares out
- 322.8M
5-year trend
What this company does
LyondellBasell manufactures chemicals and polymers worldwide, producing plastics like polyethylene and polypropylene used in packaging, automotive parts, and consumer goods. It generates revenue primarily from selling these chemical products to industrial customers, with Q1 2026 trade sales of $7.05 billion, while also licensing polymer production technologies. The company exited oil refining by shutting its Houston refinery in February 2025, narrowing its focus to core petrochemicals amid pressured margins and a sharp drop in retained earnings.
Generated from LYB's filing dated 2024-02-22
Key risks
- Earnings collapse: Q1 2026 revenue fell to $7.2B from $7.7B; retained earnings dropped $2.6B YoY to $6.7B from $9.3B.
- Liquidity strain: operating cash flow was negative $269M; cash fell $810M to $2.6B while $1.47B of long-term debt comes current.
- Dividend cut signal: per-share dividend halved to $0.69 from $1.34 YoY, and buybacks suspended ($0 vs $110M prior year).
Generated from LYB's filing dated 2024-02-22
Profitability
Operating margin
-1.4%
129.3%Leverage
Debt / equity
2.37×
27.0%Long-term debt / equity
1.20×
42.3%Debt / assets
70.3%
8.0%Earnings tracker
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Net income | YoY | Net margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 2026 2026-03-31 | $7.20B | -6.3% | — | — | — |
Q4 2025 2025-12-31 | $7.09B | -51.8% | — | — | — |
Q3 2025 2025-09-30 | $7.73B | -10.2% | — | — | — |
Q2 2025 2025-06-30 | $7.66B | -11.8% | — | — | — |
Q1 2025 2025-03-31 | $7.68B | -7.6% | — | — | — |
Q4 2024 2024-12-31 | $14.72B | — | — | — | — |
Q3 2024 2024-09-30 | $8.60B | -19.0% | — | — | — |
Q2 2024 2024-06-30 | $8.68B | +5427.4% | — | — | — |
Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.
Industry trend
Industrial Organic Chemicals · SIC 2860
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Insider activity
Insider buying
$36.1M
Insider selling
$28.1M
Net activity
+$8.1M
Distinct insiders
5
Open-market trades over the last 365 days.
Recent transactions
Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.
Who owns LYB
Institutional value
$11.46B
Total shares held
143.8M
Distinct holders
644
As of
2026-03-31
Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.
Top institutional holders
| # | Manager | Shares | Value | QoQ change | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 25.1M | $2.02B | — | New |
| 2 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 16.8M | $1.35B | — | New |
| 3 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 12.0M | $966.1M | — | New |
| 4 | Capital World Investors | 11.7M | $946.5M | — | New |
| 5 | Capital Research Global Investors | 10.2M | $822.2M | — | New |
| 6 | Capital International Investors | 5.9M | $471.4M | — | New |
| 7 | Davis Selected Advisers | 5.6M | $450.9M | — | New |
| 8 | Invesco Ltd. | 5.1M | $409.4M | — | New |
| 9 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 3.7M | $300.9M | — | New |
| 10 | UBS Group AG | 2.8M | $227.9M | — | New |
| 11 | AGF MANAGEMENT LTD | 2.3M | $186.2M | — | New |
| 12 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1.8M | $148.9M | — | New |
| 13 | Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 1.8M | $144.6M | — | New |
| 14 | UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 1.8M | $143.3M | — | New |
| 15 | BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | 1.7M | $137.4M | — | New |
| 16 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 1.5M | $123.3M | — | New |
| 17 | VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | 1.4M | $116.8M | — | New |
| 18 | Legal & General Group Plc | 1.2M | $97.0M | — | New |
| 19 | DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | 987.3K | $79.5M | — | New |
| 20 | THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 977.1K | $78.7M | — | New |
Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.
Top questions investors are asking
- 1
Operating cash flow was negative $269M with dividends of $224M and $1.47B current debt maturities—how do you fund the payout without re-leveraging?
- 2
Dividends were halved to $0.69 from $1.34 and buybacks went to zero—is this a permanent capital allocation reset or temporary?
- 3
Revenue fell 6% YoY to $7.2B yet operating income doubled to $239M—how much came from cost cuts versus sustainable margin recovery?
Refreshed when LYB files a new report · last from 2024-02-22