LYBLyondellBasell

Materials · Chemicals · NYSE

Employees: 18,970
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Next results: around Jan 29, 2027

RevenueFY2016–25 $30.2B−9.7% FY2024: $33.4B 10-K FY2025 · XBRL Net incomeFY2016–25 −$738.0M FY2024: $1.4B 10-K FY2025 · XBRL Free cash flowFY2016–25 $384.0M−80.6% FY2024: $2.0B 10-K FY2025 · XBRL Operating marginFY2016–25 -1.4%−7.1 pts 17.3% in FY2016 10-K FY2025 · XBRL

What changed

latest 10-K

Area	What changed	Source
Risk factors	No new paragraphs, or fewer than two 10-Ks to compare	10-K Item 1A
Critical audit matters changed	New this year: Income Taxes - Identification and recognition of liabilities for Unrecognized Tax Benefits (“As described in Notes 2 and 18 to the consolidated financial statements, as of December 31, 2025, the Company has recorded liabilities of $239 million for unrecognized tax benefits. The Company operates in multiple jurisdictions throughout the world, and its tax returns are periodically audited or s”); Interim Goodwill Impairment Test - A Certain Reporting Unit within the Advanced Polymer Solutions (APS) Segment (“As described in Notes 2 and 9 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s goodwill balance was $708 million as of December 31, 2025. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually in the fourth quarter or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the fair value of a reporting”). No longer listed: Taxation - Provisions for unrecognized tax benefits	10-K · XBRL
Accounting checks	9 other checks clear, 1 worth a look	10-K · XBRL
Insiders	No open-market buys in the last 90 days	Form 4
Filings	2 in the last 30 days	EDGAR

Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.

What's new, in their words

No new paragraphs in Risk Factors, or fewer than two 10-Ks to compare.

Accounting checks

latest 10-K

9 of 10 clear 1 worth a look. Checks, not verdicts.

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Critical audit matters changedNew this year: Income Taxes - Identification and recognition of liabilities for Unrecognized Tax Benefits (“As described in Notes 2 and 18 to the consolidated financial statements, as of December 31, 2025, the Company has recorded liabilities of $239 million for unrecognized tax benefits. The Company operates in multiple jurisdictions throughout the world, and its tax returns are periodically audited or s”); Interim Goodwill Impairment Test - A Certain Reporting Unit within the Advanced Polymer Solutions (APS) Segment (“As described in Notes 2 and 9 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s goodwill balance was $708 million as of December 31, 2025. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually in the fourth quarter or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the fair value of a reporting”). No longer listed: Taxation - Provisions for unrecognized tax benefits
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Cash from operations $2.3B vs net income −$738.0M (FY ending 2025-12-31)
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Inventory -24.2% vs revenue -9.7% (-14.4 pts)
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Same auditor in both 10-Ks: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
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No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
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No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
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No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
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No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
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No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years

How each check works, with sources →

In the last 30 days

All filings →

Oct 30, 20268-K Quarterly results, Other events 8-K items 2.02, 8.01
Oct 30, 202610-Q Quarterly report (10-Q) period ended Sep 30, 2026

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