LyondellBasell Industries N.V. has retired 43.8% of its shares since 2012, from 575,304,233 to 323,037,952.
At $64.01 a share, a market value of $20.7B. P/E n/m, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2012-02-24 | 573,708,873 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 575,304,233 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-18 | 546,551,455 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-13 | 477,142,443 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-11 | 432,200,532 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-14 | 402,531,335 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-20 | 394,556,328 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-19 | 371,156,998 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-18 | 333,554,886 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-23 | 334,132,558 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-22 | 328,009,583 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-21 | 325,992,173 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-20 | 324,523,140 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-25 | 323,446,166 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-18 | 322,169,978 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $64.01.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 323,037,952 as of July 29, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 2.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. has 252.3 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 43.8% of the company. Since fiscal 2013 alone it bought back about 240.9 million shares, while the count fell by 223.5 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
323,037,952 shares, as of July 29, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 575,304,233.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held LyondellBasell Industries N.V. stock in 2012 owns 1.8 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. ranks No. 144 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: IDEXX Laboratories (44.4%), PVH (44.1%), Capri (43.6%), MetLife (43.4%).
Every answer is computed from LyondellBasell Industries N.V.'s own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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