LyondellBasell Industries Stock Forecast, Price & News

LyondellBasell Industries' stock was trading at $54.00 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LYB shares have increased by 42.7% and is now trading at $77.05.
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25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LyondellBasell Industries in the last year. There are currently 15 hold ratings, 8 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 30th 2020.
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LyondellBasell Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company earned $5.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.67 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 29.99% and a net margin of 6.79%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 38.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.74 EPS.
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LyondellBasell Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 21st. Investors of record on Monday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.05 per share on Tuesday, September 8th. This represents a $4.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.45%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 28th.
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25 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for LyondellBasell Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate LyondellBasell Industries' stock price to reach $74.41 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.4%.
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LyondellBasell Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,820,000 shares, an increase of 27.4% from the September 15th total of 4,570,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,070,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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LyondellBasell Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LYB."

LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.08%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), TIAA FSB (0.05%), 10 15 Associates Inc. (0.05%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.03%). Company insiders that own LyondellBasell Industries stock include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Bhavesh V Patel, Daniel M Coombs, Jagjeet S Bindra, Massimo Covezzi and Robin WT Buchanan.
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LYB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Valicenti Advisory Services Inc., Gyroscope Capital Management Group LLC, Rockland Trust Co., Cadence Capital Management LLC, Raymond James Trust N.A., and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc..
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LYB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TIAA FSB, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Denali Advisors LLC, 10 15 Associates Inc., Heron Financial Group LLC, Sound Income Strategies LLC, Clarius Group LLC, and IBM Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have bought LyondellBasell Industries stock in the last two years include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Bhavesh V Patel, Daniel M Coombs, Jagjeet S Bindra, and Robin WT Buchanan.
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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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LYB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.05.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $25.72 billion and generates $34.73 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $3.40 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.62 on an earnings per share basis. LyondellBasell Industries employs 19,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for LyondellBasell Industries is www.lyondellbasell.com.

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]