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

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

LyondellBasell Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $1.05 per share on Monday, December 9th. This represents a $4.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.06%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. This is a boost from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.70 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.78 by $0.08. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $8.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.98 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 35.56% and a net margin of 9.80%. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 31st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

LyondellBasell Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

17 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for LyondellBasell Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $84.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect LyondellBasell Industries' stock price to reach $95.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for LyondellBasell Industries.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LyondellBasell Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings, 6 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

News coverage about LYB stock has been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for LyondellBasell Industries.

LyondellBasell Industries saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,390,000 shares, an increase of 12.7% from the December 31st total of 5,670,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,800,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View LyondellBasell Industries' Current Options Chain.

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LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.20%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.13%), PGGM Investments (0.10%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.09%) and Hexavest Inc. (0.08%). Company insiders that own LyondellBasell Industries stock include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Bhavesh V Patel, Jagjeet S Bindra, Massimo Covezzi and Robin WT Buchanan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, State of Michigan Retirement System, California Public Employees Retirement System, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, TIAA FSB, Exane Derivatives, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., WealthBridge Investment Counsel Inc., First American Bank, Convergence Investment Partners LLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd. and Advisors Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought LyondellBasell Industries stock in the last two years include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Bhavesh V Patel, Jagjeet S Bindra and Robin WT Buchanan. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LYB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.01.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $27.68 billion and generates $39.00 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $4.69 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.27 on an earnings per share basis. LyondellBasell Industries employs 19,450 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About LyondellBasell Industries.

The official website for LyondellBasell Industries is http://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]