NYSE:LYB - LyondellBasell Industries Stock Price, News, & Analysis

LyondellBasell Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LYB."

LyondellBasell Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 11th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share on Monday, June 18th. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 8th. This is a positive change from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback 1,000% of shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) announced its earnings results on Friday, April, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $3.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.80 by $0.31. The specialty chemicals company earned $9.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.43 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 53.77% and a net margin of 15.51%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.98 earnings per share. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

14 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for LyondellBasell Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect LyondellBasell Industries' stock price to reach $119.3292 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for LyondellBasell Industries.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LyondellBasell Industries in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

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Press coverage about LYB stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 49.50 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for LyondellBasell Industries.

LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (7.10%), BlackRock Inc. (5.81%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.40%), American International Group Inc. (1.24%), Morgan Stanley (1.18%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.10%). Company insiders that own LyondellBasell Industries stock include Ai New Holdings 2 Llc, Jacquelyn H Wolf and Jagjeet S Bindra. View Institutional Ownership Trends for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, PointState Capital LP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Bank of Nova Scotia, Renaissance Technologies LLC, American International Group Inc., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership and Banque Pictet & Cie SA. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Republic Investment Management Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Morgan Stanley, American Century Companies Inc., Columbus Hill Capital Management L.P., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Standard Life Aberdeen plc. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

Shares of LYB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LYB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $113.10.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $43.83 billion and generates $34.48 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $4.88 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.23 on an earnings per share basis. LyondellBasell Industries employs 13,400 workers across the globe.

LyondellBasell Industries' mailing address is 1221 MCKINNEY ST SUITE 300, HOUSTON TX, 77010. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 713-309-7200 or via email at [email protected]