Company data sheet · Braskem
Braskem: three lost years, and the economy wasn't the reason.
- Industry
- Industrial Organic Chemicals Manufacturing
- Headquarters
- Brazil
- Ticker
- BAK (NYSE)
- Sources
- SEC filings (2002–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for Brazil
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- From profit to three straight losses. Braskem earned BRL 14 billion in 2021–2021. Then it lost money every year from 2022 to 2024: BRL 16.2 billion in all.
- It wasn't the cycle. The losses began in 2022, a year Brazil economy grew 3.1%. When a company falls while its economy grows, look inside the company first.
- Still smaller than it was. Revenue reached BRL 77.4 billion in 2024, 27% below its 2021 peak of BRL 106 billion.
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BRL 47.7 billion | −BRL 0.4 billion | |
| 2017 | BRL 49.3 billion | BRL 3.9 billion | |
| 2018 | BRL 58 billion | BRL 2.8 billion | |
| 2019 | BRL 52.3 billion | −BRL 2.5 billion | |
| 2020 | BRL 58.5 billion | −BRL 6.7 billion | |
| 2021 | BRL 106 billion | BRL 14 billion | |
| 2022 | BRL 96.5 billion | −BRL 0.3 billion | |
| 2023 | BRL 70.6 billion | −BRL 4.6 billion | |
| 2024 | BRL 77.4 billion | −BRL 11.3 billion |
As reported in its annual filings, in BRL. Losses in red.
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- Economic context: 5 measures for Brazil, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 264 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
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