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LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 15 consecutive years, with -$1.3 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings fell 114.05% to -$1.3 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$1.3 billion, a 114.05% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$1.3 billion, down 114.05% from a year prior.
  • Retained Earnings was -$1.3 billion for Q4 2025 at LyondellBasell Industries, up from -$1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $10.4 billion in Q3 2024 to a low of -$1.9 billion in Q3 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $2.9 billion and a median of -$1.3 billion in 2025 define the central range for Retained Earnings.
  • Peak YoY movement for Retained Earnings: surged 846.14% in 2024, then crashed 114.84% in 2025.
  • LyondellBasell Industries' Retained Earnings stood at -$1.8 billion in 2021, then surged by 609.98% to $9.2 billion in 2022, then increased by 5.41% to $9.7 billion in 2023, then dropped by 3.79% to $9.3 billion in 2024, then plummeted by 114.05% to -$1.3 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LYB's Retained Earnings are -$1.3 billion (Q4 2025), -$1.4 billion (Q3 2025), and -$1.4 billion (Q2 2025).