Compare Stocks: LYB, VLO, and SHEL

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	$68.56 +4.9%	$62.75	$41.58 ▼ $83.94	$22.17B	0.3	3.35 million shs	4.65 million shs
SHEL Shell	$108.76 +1.0%	$98.10	$68.63 ▼ $109.37	$311.37B	0.1	5.94 million shs	5.80 million shs
VLO Valero Energy	$400.04 +4.0%	$397.64	$159.90 ▼ $461.52	$115.07B	0.59	2.58 million shs	4.22 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	0.00%	+3.03%	+18.70%	+10.10%	+46.89%
SHEL Shell	0.00%	+0.55%	+13.85%	+18.30%	+44.13%
VLO Valero Energy	0.00%	-4.57%	-1.94%	+27.85%	+134.56%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	$68.56 +4.9%	$62.75	$41.58 ▼ $83.94	$22.17B	0.3	3.35 million shs	4.65 million shs
SHEL Shell	$108.76 +1.0%	$98.10	$68.63 ▼ $109.37	$311.37B	0.1	5.94 million shs	5.80 million shs
VLO Valero Energy	$400.04 +4.0%	$397.64	$159.90 ▼ $461.52	$115.07B	0.59	2.58 million shs	4.22 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	0.00%	+3.03%	+18.70%	+10.10%	+46.89%
SHEL Shell	0.00%	+0.55%	+13.85%	+18.30%	+44.13%
VLO Valero Energy	0.00%	-4.57%	-1.94%	+27.85%	+134.56%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	2.19	Hold	$71.50	4.29% Upside
SHEL Shell	2.61	Moderate Buy	$107.86	-0.83% Downside
VLO Valero Energy	2.57	Moderate Buy	$379.94	-5.02% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LYB, VLO, and SHEL Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/30/2026	SHEL Shell	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (A-) ➝ Buy (A)
10/30/2026	SHEL Shell	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$105.00 ➝ $116.00
10/29/2026	VLO Valero Energy	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (A-)
10/23/2026	VLO Valero Energy	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Sell	$276.00
10/23/2026	VLO Valero Energy	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$485.00 ➝ $490.00
10/23/2026	VLO Valero Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$441.00 ➝ $443.00
10/23/2026	VLO Valero Energy	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$485.00 ➝ $489.00
10/22/2026	VLO Valero Energy	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Hold	$375.00 ➝ $400.00
10/14/2026	VLO Valero Energy	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$389.00 ➝ $485.00
10/13/2026	LYB LyondellBasell Industries	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$72.00 ➝ $68.00
10/13/2026	LYB LyondellBasell Industries	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight	$66.00

(Data available from 11/1/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	$30.15B	0.73	$6.05 per share	11.34	$31.36 per share	2.19
SHEL Shell	$273.73B	1.14	$15.43 per share	7.05	$61.65 per share	1.76
VLO Valero Energy	$122.69B	0.94	$21.60 per share	18.52	$107.96 per share	3.71

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	-$738M	-$1.13	17.31	10.47	0.17	-1.13%	17.44%	5.30%	N/A
SHEL Shell	$17.84B	$11.52	9.44	10.21	0.89	9.96%	17.39%	8.17%	N/A
VLO Valero Energy	$2.35B	$44.46	9.00	7.18	0.21	8.44%	45.90%	20.50%	N/A

Latest LYB, VLO, and SHEL Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/30/2026	Q3 2026	LYB LyondellBasell Industries	$2.57	$2.54	-$0.03	$2.32	$8.87 billion	$8.50 billion
10/30/2026	Q3 2026	SHEL Shell	$3.60	$3.86	+$0.26	$4.26	$93.25 billion	$92.85 billion
10/22/2026	Q3 2026	VLO Valero Energy	$21.17	$23.90	+$2.73	$23.89	$42.71 billion	$46.10 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	$2.76	4.03%	+5.35%	N/A	14 Years
SHEL Shell	$3.12	2.87%	+11.90%	27.08%	N/A
VLO Valero Energy	$4.80	1.20%	+2.89%	10.80%	4 Years

Latest LYB, VLO, and SHEL Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/27/2026	VLO Valero Energy	quarterly	$1.20	1.24%	11/24/2026	11/24/2026	12/21/2026
8/14/2026	LYB LyondellBasell Industries	quarterly	$0.69	4.23%	8/24/2026	8/24/2026	8/31/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	1.05	1.64	1.07
SHEL Shell	0.36	1.43	1.12
VLO Valero Energy	0.32	1.72	1.23

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	71.20%
SHEL Shell	28.60%
VLO Valero Energy	78.69%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	0.14%
SHEL Shell	1.00%
VLO Valero Energy	0.36%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
LYB LyondellBasell Industries	18,970	323.04 million	322.59 million	Optionable
SHEL Shell	85,000	2.86 billion	2.84 billion	Optionable
VLO Valero Energy	9,811	287.93 million	286.89 million	Optionable

LYB, VLO, and SHEL Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

LyondellBasell's Dividend Looks Safer, But a New Risk Could Change That (VLO)

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Valero Energy Corporation $VLO Stock: Profund Advisors LLC Reduces Stake

November 1 at 6:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Valero Energy Corporation $VLO Shares Acquired by VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al

November 1 at 5:32 AM | marketbeat.com

Valero Energy Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NYSE:VLO)

November 1 at 4:53 AM | americanbankingnews.com

7,519 Valero Energy Corporation $VLO Shares Acquired by Americana Partners LLC

November 1 at 3:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) Stock Price Crosses Above Fifty Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

October 31 at 5:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Investors Buy Large Volume of Valero Energy Put Options (NYSE:VLO)

October 30 at 8:19 PM | marketbeat.com

Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) Stock Jumps 4% - Should You Buy?

October 30 at 5:39 PM | marketbeat.com

Valero To Acquire Former Houston Refinery Site From LyondellBasell For $320.5 Mln

October 30 at 10:06 AM | rttnews.com

Valero Energy Unit to Acquire LYB Houston Hub Holdings for $320.5 Million

October 30 at 10:06 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Valero to Acquire Former Houston Refinery from LyondellBasell

October 30 at 10:06 AM | finance.yahoo.com

LyondellBasell agrees to sell former refinery site in Houston

October 30 at 10:06 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Valero Energy to Acquire Houston Refinery Facility

October 30 at 7:10 AM | tipranks.com

Valero to Acquire Former Houston Refinery from LyondellBasell

October 30 at 7:00 AM | businesswire.com

LyondellBasell agrees to sell former refinery site in Houston

October 30 at 6:51 AM | financialpost.comF

LyondellBasell Agrees to Sell Former Houston Refinery Site and Assets to Valero for $320.5 Million

October 30 at 6:31 AM | quiverquant.comQ

It’s Time to Sell the Refiners

October 30 at 5:05 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Valero Energy (VLO) Stock Could Be Undervalued On Current Earnings

October 29 at 12:04 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Valero Energy (VLO) Stock Sees Fair Value Lift After Mixed Analyst Target Changes

October 29 at 12:04 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Valero: 3 Key Takeaways for Long-Term Investors

October 29 at 10:00 PM | fool.com

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LYB, VLO, and SHEL Company Descriptions

LyondellBasell Industries NYSE:LYB

$68.56 +3.19 (+4.88%)

Closing price 10/30/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$68.10 -0.47 (-0.68%)

As of 10/30/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. operates as a chemical company in the United States, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Poland, France, Japan, China, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company operates in six segments: Olefins and PolyolefinsAmericas; Olefins and PolyolefinsEurope, Asia, International; Intermediates and Derivatives; Advanced Polymer Solutions; Refining; and Technology. It produces and markets olefins and co-products, polyethylene, and polypropylene; and propylene oxide and derivatives; oxyfuels and related products; and intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, acetyls, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. In addition, the company produce and markets compounding and solutions including polypropylene compounds, engineered plastics, masterbatches, engineered composites, colors and powders, and advanced polymers including catalloy and polybutene-1; and refines heavy, high-sulfur crude oil and other crude oils, as well as refined products, including gasoline and distillates. Further, it develops and licenses chemical and polyolefin process technologies; manufactures and sells polyolefin catalysts; and serves food packaging, home furnishings, automotive components, and paints and coatings applications. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Shell NYSE:SHEL

$108.76 +1.09 (+1.01%)

Closing price 10/30/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$108.75 -0.01 (-0.01%)

As of 10/30/2026 07:55 PM Eastern

Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure to deliver gas to market. The company also markets and trades natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil, electricity, carbon-emission rights; and markets and sells LNG as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles. In addition, it trades in and refines crude oil and other feed stocks, such as low-carbon fuels, lubricants, bitumen, sulphur, gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, and marine fuel; produces and sells petrochemicals for industrial use; and manages oil sands activities. Further, the company produces base chemicals comprising ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. Additionally, it generates electricity through wind and solar resources; produces and sells hydrogen; and provides electric vehicle charging services. The company was formerly known as Royal Dutch Shell plc and changed its name to Shell plc in January 2022. Shell plc was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Valero Energy NYSE:VLO

$400.04 +15.47 (+4.02%)

Closing price 10/30/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$400.00 -0.04 (-0.01%)

As of 10/30/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

Valero Energy Corporation manufactures, markets, and sells petroleum-based and low-carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol. The company produces California Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending and Conventional Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending gasolines, CARB diesel, diesel, jet fuel, heating oil, and asphalt; feedstocks; aromatics; sulfur and residual fuel oil; intermediate oils; and sulfur, sweet, and sour crude oils. It sells its refined products through wholesale rack and bulk markets; and through outlets under the Valero, Beacon, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Texaco brands. The company owns and operates renewable diesel and ethanol plants, as well as produces renewable diesel and naphtha under the Diamond Green Diesel brand name. In addition, it offers ethanol and various co-products, including dry distiller grains, syrup, and inedible distillers corn oil to animal feed customers. The company was formerly known as Valero Refining and Marketing Company and changed its name to Valero Energy Corporation in August 1997. Valero Energy Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

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