LyondellBasell Industries price to free cash flow LYB

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2014.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 13.6×
10-year median: 11.4×
Against its 10-year history: 78th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.9× to 67.5×
Peer median: 21.7×

LyondellBasell Industries' price to free cash flow is 13.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 11.4×, higher than on 78% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.9× in Sep 2022 to 67.5× in Mar 2026.

The median for 10 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 21.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 11.4×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	13.6×	11.9×	67.5×
2025	18.9×	9.3×	40.8×
2024	15.2×	8.6×	17.7×
2023	8.8×	5.3×	10.2×
2022	4.9×	3.9×	9.0×
2021	8.1×	7.7×	24.9×
2020	20.4×	6.2×	20.4×
2019	13.3×	8.4×	14.0×
2018	8.2×	7.9×	12.9×
2017	11.7×	10.2×	13.4×
2016	12.1×	6.3×	12.6×
2015	7.3×	7.2×	10.7×
2014	9.6×	8.4×	16.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest LyondellBasell Industries' size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
LYBLyondellBasell Industries	13.6×
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances	44.5×
PPGPPG Industries	17.5×
RPMRPM International	17.8×
CLXClorox	25.8×
NEUNewmarket	16.9×
AXTAAxalta Coating Systems	14.8×
APDAir Products and Chemicals	n/m
ECLEcolab	43.1×
SXTSensient Technologies	n/m
SHWSherwin-Williams	25.5×
Peer median	21.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.