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LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.01% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 6.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.01%, down 6.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.01%, 8.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.01% in Q1 2026 for LyondellBasell Industries, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.25% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.09%, with a median of 0.09% recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed rose 17bps in 2022 and then fell -13bps in 2023.
  • LyondellBasell Industries' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.17% in 2022, then plummeted by -47bps to 0.09% in 2023, then decreased by -30bps to 0.06% in 2024, then crashed by -124bps to 0.02% in 2025, then increased by 27bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.01%, 0.02%, and 0.03% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.