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.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.1%, down 583.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.1% (down 583.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 1.46%, down 793.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed climbed to 1.1% in Q1 2026 per LYB's latest filing, from 1.51% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 24.68% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 3.35% in Q3 2025.
• A 5-year average of 9.48% and a median of 8.67% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed jumped 1652 bps in 2022, then tumbled 1311 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 17.19% in 2022, then slumped by 47 bps to 9.15% in 2023, then decreased by 30 bps to 6.44% in 2024, then plunged by 124 bps to 1.51% in 2025, then climbed by 27 bps to 1.1% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows LYB's Return on Capital Employed at 1.1% in Q1 2026, 1.51% in Q4 2025, and 3.35% in Q3 2025.