LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V. vs PPG INDUSTRIES INC. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
PPG Industries earns 19.2% on equity making paints and coatings, a 9.83% net margin from demand that keeps coming back. LyondellBasell makes commodity petrochemicals and lost money this cycle, a negative 7.86% return and a negative 2.66% margin. The dividend gap is the eye-catcher: LyondellBasell yields 9.78% against PPG's 2.26%, but the high one leans on prices recovering while PPG's flows from steady profit. PPG trades at 17.58 times earnings; LyondellBasell has no earnings to multiply. Both convert to cash, 4.44% and 5.05% free-cash yields, though PPG's rests on profit. Recurring coatings demand against a swinging petrochemical price.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | LYB | PPG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $56.34 | $116.74 |
| Market cap | $18.2B | $26.2B |
| Sector | Chemicals | Specialty Chemicals |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -4.5% |
| P/E | — | 16.6 |
| P/B | 1.81 | 3.17 |
| P/S | 0.61 | 1.62 |
| EV/EBITDA | 335.7 | 12.4 |
| Revenue growth | -9.3% | +3.0% |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 16.2% |
| Net margin | -2.7% | 9.8% |
| Return on equity | -7.9% | 19.2% |
| Return on assets | -2.3% | 7.2% |
| Return on invested capital | -2.3% | 9.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | 9.7% | 2.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.02 | 0.95 |
| Current ratio | 1.54 | 1.61 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.31 | 3.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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