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, November 30th. Investors of record on Monday, December 10th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share on Monday, December 17th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 7th. This is a boost from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase 1,000% of shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.83 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.13 by $0.30. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $8.88 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.22 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a net margin of 12.02% and a return on equity of 42.30%. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

14 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for LyondellBasell Industries' shares. Their predictions range from $95.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect LyondellBasell Industries' stock price to reach $114.3038 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.2% 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 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

Media stories about LYB stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

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LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.88%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (3.48%), Northern Trust Corp (1.30%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%), American International Group Inc. (1.11%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.09%). Company insiders that own LyondellBasell Industries stock include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Ai New Holdings 2 Llc, Jacquelyn H Wolf, Jagjeet S Bindra 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 Bessemer Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, American International Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC, First Quadrant L P CA and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Two Sigma Advisers LP, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Epoch Investment Partners Inc., First Manhattan Co., APG Asset Management N.V., Northern Trust Corp and Bahl & Gaynor Inc.. Company insiders that have bought LyondellBasell Industries stock in the last two years include Ai Investments Holdings Llc 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LYB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $89.16.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $34.21 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 13,400 workers across the globe.

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]