LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Operating Income increased by 371.6% to $239.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 109.6%, from $114.00M to $239.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Operating Income shows a downward trend with a -60.4% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Higher operating income indicates strong operational efficiency and pricing power, while a decline suggests rising costs or weakening demand.
Operating income is the profit realized from a company's core business operations after deducting all operating expenses...
A standard benchmark for operational performance; peers are compared based on operating margin percentages.
operating_income| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $2.53B | $2.25B | $911.00M | $1.66B | $2.14B | $812.00M | $487.00M | $713.00M | $1.01B | $1.01B | $0.00 | $651.00M | $999.00M | $865.00M | $114.00M | $285.00M | -$731.00M | -$88.00M | $239.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -11.0% | -59.5% | +82.3% | +28.9% | -62.1% | -40.0% | +46.4% | +41.8% | +0.3% | -100.0% | — | +53.5% | -13.4% | -86.8% | +150.0% | -356.5% | +88.0% | +371.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -15.2% | -63.9% | -46.5% | -57.1% | -52.8% | +24.9% | -100.0% | -8.7% | -1.2% | -14.7% | -82.5% | -71.5% | -184.5% | — | +109.6% |