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LyondellBasell
LYB · NYSEChemicals
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Company details
Market cap
~$18B
Revenue (TTM)
~$30B
Net income (FY25)
-$0.7B
EPS (FY25)
-$2.34
Div yield
~6.0%
Dividend/sh
$2.76
Fwd P/E
~7×
Rev. growth
-14%
In plain English
LyondellBasell is one of the world's largest plastics and chemicals makers: it takes cheap US ethane and propane, cracks it into ethylene and propylene, and turns those into the polyethylene and polypropylene that become packaging films, bottles, caps and car parts. It also runs a big intermediates business (propylene oxide, oxyfuels) and licenses its polyolefin process technology worldwide — but a deep 2024–25 chemicals downturn pushed it to a net loss and a retreat from Europe.
In simple terms
What LyondellBasell really sells
LyondellBasell is one of the world's largest plastics and chemicals makers: it takes cheap US ethane and propane, cracks it into ethylene and propylene, and turns those into the polyethylene and polypropylene that become packaging films, bottles, caps and car parts. It also runs a big intermediates business (propylene oxide, oxyfuels) and licenses its polyolefin process technology worldwide — but a deep 2024–25 chemicals downturn pushed it to a net loss and a retreat from Europe.
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