LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB Return on equity
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Where this comes from
Calculated from LyondellBasell Industries N.V.’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s return on equity?
- LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) reported return on equity of -7.1% in Q1 2026.
- What is the long-term trend for LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s return on equity?
- Over 2 years (2021 to 2023), LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s return on equity has grown at a -37.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 191.8% to 75.4%.
- What does return on equity mean?
- How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
- How do you interpret return on equity?
- Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
- How does return on equity compare across companies?
- Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.