Growth Metrics

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) reported Debt Ratio of 0.37 for Q1 2026, up 22.66% year-over-year from 0.3 in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from 0.37 in Q4 2025.

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.37 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 22.66% year-over-year to 0.37 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.37 (up 22.66% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.37, up 25.47% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio held at 0.37 in Q1 2026 per LYB's latest filing, from 0.37 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.37 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.3 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.3 (2024), against an average of 0.31.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio declined 28.37%; it then rose 25.47% in 2025.
  • Tracing LYB's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.3 in 2022, then retreated by 0.44% to 0.3 in 2023, then declined by 0.81% to 0.3 in 2024, then climbed by 25.47% to 0.37 in 2025, then fell by 0.0% to 0.37 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest LYB Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.37 (Q1 2026), 0.37 (Q4 2025), and 0.32 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Linde 230.79 Bn 226.84 Bn 4.26 Bn 0.29
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn 0.30
3 Sherwin Williams 72.51 Bn 72.30 Bn 2.78 Bn 0.35
4 Ecolab 70.96 Bn 70.34 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.33
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.15 Bn 63.70 Bn 987.40 Mn 0.42
6 Ppg Industries 25.04 Bn 23.57 Bn 1.66 Bn 0.32
7 LyondellBasell Industries 21.62 Bn 21.73 Bn 701.00 Mn 0.37
8 Albemarle 20.26 Bn 19.42 Bn 500.97 Mn 0.12
9 DuPont de Nemours 19.45 Bn 19.56 Bn 602.00 Mn 0.15
10 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.02 Bn 18.49 Bn 1.02 Bn 0.23

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.37
Dec 31, 2025 0.37
Sep 30, 2025 0.32
Jun 30, 2025 0.33
Mar 31, 2025 0.30
Dec 31, 2024 0.30
Sep 30, 2024 0.30
Jun 30, 2024 0.30
Mar 31, 2024 0.30
Dec 31, 2023 0.30
Sep 30, 2023 0.30
Jun 30, 2023 0.31
Mar 31, 2023 0.30
Dec 31, 2022 0.30
Sep 30, 2022 0.30
Jun 30, 2022 0.31
Mar 31, 2022 0.30
Dec 31, 2021 0.32
Sep 30, 2021 0.34
Jun 30, 2021 0.36
Mar 31, 2021 0.41
Dec 31, 2020 0.45
Sep 30, 2020 0.43
Jun 30, 2020 0.43
Mar 31, 2020 0.44
Dec 31, 2019 0.38
Sep 30, 2019 0.32
Jun 30, 2019 0.24
Mar 31, 2019 0.25
Dec 31, 2018 0.30
Sep 30, 2018 0.29
Jun 30, 2018 0.31
Mar 31, 2018 0.32
Dec 31, 2017 0.33
Sep 30, 2017 0.34
Jun 30, 2017 0.35
Mar 31, 2017 0.38
Dec 31, 2016 0.36
Sep 30, 2016 0.36
Jun 30, 2016 0.39
Mar 31, 2016 0.39
Dec 31, 2015 0.35
Sep 30, 2015 0.35
Jun 30, 2015 0.31
Mar 31, 2015 0.34
Dec 31, 2014 0.28
Sep 30, 2014 0.27
Jun 30, 2014 0.25
Mar 31, 2014 0.25
Dec 31, 2013 0.21
Sep 30, 2013 0.22
Jun 30, 2013 0.18
Mar 31, 2013 0.17
Dec 31, 2012 0.18
Sep 30, 2012 0.17
Jun 30, 2012 0.18
Mar 31, 2012 0.00
Dec 31, 2011 0.18
Sep 30, 2011 0.21
Jun 30, 2011 0.20
Dec 31, 2010 0.02