Growth Metrics

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) has disclosed Operating Margin for 16 consecutive years, with 10.28% as the latest value for Q2 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 124.0% to 10.28% in Q2 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Jun 2025 was 7.74%, a 227.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 86.24%, up 8050.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin was 10.28% for Q2 2025 at LyondellBasell Industries, up from 21.55% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 2604.12% in Q2 2021 to a low of 595.42% in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 125.72% and a median of 9.81% in 2023 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: surged 259801bps in 2021, then tumbled -258909bps in 2022.
  • LyondellBasell Industries' Operating Margin stood at 595.42% in 2021, then soared by 101bps to 5.3% in 2022, then soared by 176bps to 14.6% in 2023, then crashed by -248bps to 21.55% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 148bps to 10.28% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LYB's Operating Margin are 10.28% (Q2 2025), 21.55% (Q4 2024), and 9.6% (Q3 2024).