TTM
9.4%
YoY change
−3.64pp
Trough year (2009)
-5.1%
Peak year (2015)
13.4%
Latest annual
1.3%
FCF Margin history chart for LyondellBasell (LYB) from 2007 to 2025
Latest: 1.3%
FCF Margin change chart for LyondellBasell (LYB) from 2007 to 2025
Latest: −3.64pp
FCF Margin history table for LyondellBasell (LYB) from 2007 to 2025
| 2025 | 1.3% | -3.64pp | ||
| 2024 | 4.9% | -3.38pp | ||
| 2023 | 8.3% | -0.08pp | ||
| 2022 | 8.4% | -4.04pp | ||
| 2021 | 12.4% | +7.17pp | ||
| 2020 | 5.2% | -1.28pp | ||
| 2019 | 6.5% | -2.10pp | ||
| 2018 | 8.6% | -1.98pp | ||
| 2017 | 10.6% | -0.91pp | ||
| 2016 | 11.5% | -1.92pp | ||
| 2015 | 13.4% | +3.47pp | ||
| 2014 | 10.0% | +2.54pp | ||
| 2013 | 7.4% | -0.79pp | ||
| 2012 | 8.2% | +4.44pp | ||
| 2011 | 3.8% | +0.55pp | ||
| 2010 | 3.2% | +8.31pp | ||
| 2009 | -5.1% | -5.26pp | ||
| 2008 | 0.2% | -4.31pp | ||
| 2007 | 4.5% | — |
- 20251.3%-3.64pp
- 20244.9%-3.38pp
- 20238.3%-0.08pp
- 20228.4%-4.04pp
- 202112.4%+7.17pp
- 20205.2%-1.28pp
- 20196.5%-2.10pp
- 20188.6%-1.98pp
- 201710.6%-0.91pp
- 201611.5%-1.92pp
- 201513.4%+3.47pp
- 201410.0%+2.54pp
- 20137.4%-0.79pp
- 20128.2%+4.44pp
- 20113.8%+0.55pp
- 20103.2%+8.31pp
- 2009-5.1%-5.26pp
- 20080.2%-4.31pp
- 20074.5%—
FCF Margin values are taken from LyondellBasell's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at LyondellBasell (LYB)
According to LyondellBasell's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 9.4%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, LyondellBasell (LYB) reported free cash flow margin of 1.27% – contracted 3.6 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 13.45%, reached in 2015; the historical low of -5.08% was recorded in 2009.
LyondellBasell FCF Margin by Year
LyondellBasell FCF Margin 2025: 1.3%
In 2025, LyondellBasell reported free cash flow margin of 1.27%, contracted 3.6 percentage points from 2024.
LyondellBasell FCF Margin 2024: 4.9%
LyondellBasell free cash flow margin in 2024 was 4.91%, contracted 3.4 percentage points from 2023.
LyondellBasell FCF Margin 2023: 8.3%
2023's free cash flow margin for LyondellBasell came in at 8.30%, contracted 0.1 percentage points from 2022.
LyondellBasell FCF Margin 2022: 8.4%
LyondellBasell posted free cash flow margin of 8.38% in 2022, contracted 4.0 percentage points from 2021.
LyondellBasell FCF Margin 2021: 12.4%
LyondellBasell free cash flow margin in 2021 was 12.42%.
See more financial history for LyondellBasell (LYB).
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