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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

A capital-intensive manufacturer with cyclical earnings and uneven cash conversion

Olin’s history shows earnings and margins that swing with chemical-market conditions and plant utilization, while its manufacturing base requires ongoing capital spending. Operating cash flow can diverge from net income because of noncash depreciation and working-capital timing, against a material debt load.

What is developing

The latest quarter returned to positive net income and free cash flow, but trailing operating income and net income remained negative. That is a near-term recovery within an uneven earnings cycle, not yet evidence that the underlying financial pattern has changed.

What matters next

Whether quarterly operating income remains positive as Freeport VCM operations normalize and Chlor Alkali and Vinyls results recover.

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Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
5.6B 6.3B 6.9B 6.1B 5.8B 8.9B 9.4B 6.8B 6.5B 6.8B
(4.9B) (5.5B) (5.9B) (5.4B) (5.4B) (6.6B) (7.2B) (5.6B) (5.8B) (6.3B)
615.7m 722m 1B 666m 383.4m 2.3B 2.2B 1.2B 767.7m 526m
(325.5m) (368.3m) (418.8m) (412.5m) (422.1m) (416.9m) (390.6m) (406.4m) (407.7m) (462.8m)
(336.1m) (371.6m) (425.2m) (412.9m) (422m) (416.9m) (375.6m) (386.7m) (390.1m) (444m)
R&D
— — — — — — (18.3m) (20m) (18.4m) (19.3m)
10.6m 3.3m 6.4m 400k (100k) — 3.3m 300k 800k 500k
290.2m 353.7m 594.2m 253.5m (38.7m) 1.9B 1.8B 782.8m 360m 63.2m
(198.3m) (212m) (266.7m) (246.2m) (288.2m) (347.8m) (141.7m) (176.8m) (180.8m) (187m)
195.6m 220.4m 241.1m 240.6m 288.7m 348m 143.9m 181.1m 184.5m 188.3m
(170.9m) (58.9m) 88.1m (71.7m) (708m) (24.3m) (11.3m) (70.7m) (63.5m) (57.9m)
44.8m 34.4m 21.7m 27.5m 14.9m 35.7m 38.7m 24m 26m 20.6m
(34.2m) 117.2m 437.3m (36.9m) (1B) 1.5B 1.7B 559.3m 141.7m (161.1m)
30.3m (5.6m) (109.3m) 25.6m 50.1m (242m) (349.1m) (107.3m) (36.7m) 60m
(3.9m) 111.6m 328m (11.3m) (969.9m) 1.3B 1.3B 452m 105m (101.1m)
— — — — — — — 8.2m 3.6m 600k
(3.9m) 549.5m 327.9m (11.3m) (969.9m) 1.3B 1.3B 460.2m 108.6m (100.5m)
(0.02) 3.26 1.95 (0.07) (6.14) 7.96 8.94 3.57 0.91 (0.88)