LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) reported Operating Expenses of $7.0 billion for Q1 2026, down 8.0% year-over-year from $7.6 billion in Q1 2025, and down 17.73% quarter-over-quarter from $8.5 billion in Q3 2025.

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $7.0 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $7.0 billion, down 8.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $22.8 billion (down 0.84% YoY), and the FY2019 annual result was $30.6 billion, down 9.36% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses slipped to $7.0 billion in Q1 2026 per LYB's latest filing, from $8.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $12.7 billion in Q2 2022 and troughed at $7.0 billion in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $9.0 billion and a median of $8.5 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses surged 43.81% in 2022, then dropped 26.79% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $11.4 billion in 2022, then retreated by 15.97% to $9.6 billion in 2023, then declined by 19.48% to $7.7 billion in 2024, then climbed by 9.29% to $8.5 billion in 2025, then retreated by 17.73% to $7.0 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows LYB's Operating Expenses at $7.0 billion in Q1 2026, $8.5 billion in Q3 2025, and $7.4 billion in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Linde 237.64 Bn 233.69 Bn 4.26 Bn 931.00 Mn
2 Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 127.66 Bn 124.93 Bn 778.60 Mn -48.90 Mn
3 Sherwin Williams 78.87 Bn 78.66 Bn 2.78 Bn 1.97 Bn
4 Ecolab 76.59 Bn 75.97 Bn 1.85 Bn 1.08 Bn
5 Air Products & Chemicals 62.39 Bn 63.94 Bn 987.40 Mn 248.80 Mn
6 Ppg Industries 26.44 Bn 24.97 Bn 1.66 Bn 1.10 Bn
7 International Flavors & Fragrances 19.67 Bn 19.14 Bn 1.02 Bn 599.00 Mn
8 DuPont de Nemours 19.57 Bn 19.68 Bn 602.00 Mn 302.00 Mn
9 LyondellBasell Industries 19.28 Bn 19.39 Bn 701.00 Mn 6.96 Bn
10 Albemarle 18.85 Bn 18.02 Bn 500.97 Mn -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 6.96 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 8.46 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 7.37 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 7.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 7.74 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 7.68 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 7.65 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 9.61 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 9.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 9.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 11.44 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 12.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 11.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 10.45 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 9.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 7.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 6.75 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 5.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 7.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 7.38 Bn