---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001489393-26-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LYB"
cik: "0001489393"
company_name: "LyondellBasell Industries N.V."
filed_at: "2026-07-31T10:31:44+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-31T10:35:08.354626+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LyondellBasell Q2 2026 net income $559M ($1.71 EPS); EBITDA $1.3B, ex-items $2.1B

## Summary
- Net income $559M, diluted EPS $1.71; excluding identified items net income $1.4B, EPS $4.30.
- EBITDA $1.3B ($2.1B ex-items); sales $9.2B, up from $7.2B Q1 2026 and $7.7B Q2 2025.
- Divested select European assets to structurally improve cost position and align footprint with strategy.
- Cash Improvement Plan delivering fixed-cost reductions and lower capital expenditures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001489393-26-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LYB
- cik: 0001489393
- company_name: LyondellBasell Industries N.V.
- filed_at: 2026-07-31T10:31:44+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939326000057/0001489393-26-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1489393/000148939326000057/lyb-20260731.htm

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