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LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with -$538.0 million as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 49.34% year-over-year to -$538.0 million; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached $908.0 million, down 40.07%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $384.0 million, 80.61% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit -$538.0 million in Q1 2026 for LyondellBasell Industries, down from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $1.4 billion in Q4 2024 and bottomed at -$1.1 billion in Q1 2025.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $556.8 million, with a median of $975.0 million recorded in 2022.
  • Year-over-year, Free Cash Flow soared 357.14% in 2022 and then crashed 559.23% in 2024.
  • LyondellBasell Industries' Free Cash Flow stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then fell by 9.81% to $1.0 billion in 2023, then surged by 38.33% to $1.4 billion in 2024, then decreased by 25.09% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then crashed by 150.9% to -$538.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods came in at -$538.0 million, $1.1 billion, and $577.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.