TTM
-0.7%
YoY change
−5.59pp
Trough year (2008)
-11.7%
Peak year (2015)
18.7%
Latest annual
-1.1%
Operating Margin history chart for LyondellBasell (LYB) from 2007 to 2025
Latest: -1.1%
Operating Margin change chart for LyondellBasell (LYB) from 2007 to 2025
Latest: −5.59pp
Operating Margin history table for LyondellBasell (LYB) from 2007 to 2025
| 2025 | -1.1% | -5.59pp | ||
| 2024 | 4.5% | -2.92pp | ||
| 2023 | 7.4% | -2.68pp | ||
| 2022 | 10.1% | -4.56pp | ||
| 2021 | 14.7% | +9.05pp | ||
| 2020 | 5.6% | -6.24pp | ||
| 2019 | 11.9% | -1.56pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.4% | -2.42pp | ||
| 2017 | 15.8% | -1.51pp | ||
| 2016 | 17.3% | -1.36pp | ||
| 2015 | 18.7% | +6.12pp | ||
| 2014 | 12.6% | +1.00pp | ||
| 2013 | 11.6% | +1.27pp | ||
| 2012 | 10.3% | +1.31pp | ||
| 2011 | 9.0% | +1.85pp | ||
| 2010 | 7.2% | +6.13pp | ||
| 2009 | 1.0% | +12.72pp | ||
| 2008 | -11.7% | -17.15pp | ||
| 2007 | 5.5% | — |
- 2025-1.1%-5.59pp
- 20244.5%-2.92pp
- 20237.4%-2.68pp
- 202210.1%-4.56pp
- 202114.7%+9.05pp
- 20205.6%-6.24pp
- 201911.9%-1.56pp
- 201813.4%-2.42pp
- 201715.8%-1.51pp
- 201617.3%-1.36pp
- 201518.7%+6.12pp
- 201412.6%+1.00pp
- 201311.6%+1.27pp
- 201210.3%+1.31pp
- 20119.0%+1.85pp
- 20107.2%+6.13pp
- 20091.0%+12.72pp
- 2008-11.7%-17.15pp
- 20075.5%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at LyondellBasell (LYB)
According to LyondellBasell's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is -0.7%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
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 operating margin of -1.08% – contracted 5.6 percentage points year-over-year.
18.70% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 2015, against a low of -11.69% during 2008.
LyondellBasell Operating Margin by Year
LyondellBasell Operating Margin 2025: -1.1%
In 2025, LyondellBasell reported operating margin of -1.08%, contracted 5.6 percentage points from 2024.
LyondellBasell Operating Margin 2024: 4.5%
LyondellBasell operating margin in 2024 was 4.51%, contracted 2.9 percentage points from 2023.
LyondellBasell Operating Margin 2023: 7.4%
2023's operating margin for LyondellBasell came in at 7.43%, contracted 2.7 percentage points from 2022.
LyondellBasell Operating Margin 2022: 10.1%
LyondellBasell posted operating margin of 10.11% in 2022, contracted 4.6 percentage points from 2021.
LyondellBasell Operating Margin 2021: 14.7%
LyondellBasell operating margin in 2021 was 14.67%.
See more financial history for LyondellBasell (LYB).
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