LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 1.1% in Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 583.0% year-over-year to 1.1% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.1%, a 583.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 1.46%, down 793.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 1.1%, up from 1.51% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for LYB reached as high as 24.68% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 3.35% in Q3 2025.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 9.48% across 5 years, with a median of 8.67% in 2024.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed surged 1652 bps in 2022 and sank 1311 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 17.19% in 2022, then tumbled by 47 bps to 9.15% in 2023, then declined by 30 bps to 6.44% in 2024, then sank by 124 bps to 1.51% in 2025, then rose by 27 bps to 1.1% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 1.1% in Q1 2026, 1.51% in Q4 2025, and 3.35% in Q3 2025.