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LyondellBasell
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What LyondellBasell is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $31.2 billion, down 1.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.58 billion, up 243% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.40 billion, down 26% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.20 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.99 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 31, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed February 20, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q2 2026: $0.7 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 886 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−43 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 5 (1 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What LyondellBasell is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending17th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex96th pct
- Hiring filings32nd pct
- Deals and private raises47th pct
- Patent publications22nd pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment78th pct
- Call confidence77th pct
- Guidance changes44th pct
- Risk factors added67th pct
- Insider open-market trades24th pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
- − Insider open-market trades
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver14th pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →LyondellBasell's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$12.9B
- Due within a year $1.7B
- Longer term $11.2B
- Default point $7.3B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$1.5B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2025 | $500M | 5.125% | 2031 (5y) | +145bp | 5.165% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $1B | 5.875% | 2036 (10y) | +185bp | 5.968% |
| May 6, 2025 | $500M | 6.150% | 2035 (10y) | +187bp | 6.190% |
| Feb 26, 2024 | $750M | 5.500% | 2034 (10y) | +130bp | 5.601% |
From the pricing term sheets LyondellBasell filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
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Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY)third_quarter 2026 · $1.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Sep 22, 2026Patent
- Aug 11, 2026Patent
- Jul 21, 2026Patent
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY)second_quarter 2026 · $0.7 million
- May 29, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 22, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 22, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY)first_quarter 2026 · $1.8 million
- Feb 20, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.8 million
- Jan 8, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD)fourth_quarter 2025
- Nov 13, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Oct 31, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Oct 20, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY)third_quarter 2025 · $0.7 million
- Oct 15, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (ERVIN GRAVES STRATEGY GROUP, LLC)third_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Oct 9, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (MILLER & CHEVALIER, CHTD)third_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Sep 11, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jun 5, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jun 5, 20258-KExit or restructuring costsItem 2.05
- May 30, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 23, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 20, 2025Risk event
- May 15, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Mar 17, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 27, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Nov 22, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 22, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
Peers
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