NYSE:LYB - LyondellBasell Industries Stock Price, Price Target & More

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. Investors of record on Monday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of $1.00 per share on Monday, June 18th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.70%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 8th. This is an increase from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase 1,000% of shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $3.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.80 by $0.31. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $9.77 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.43 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 53.55% and a net margin of 14.83%. LyondellBasell Industries's quarterly revenue was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.98 EPS. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 27th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for LyondellBasell Industries' shares. Their predictions range from $94.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect LyondellBasell Industries' stock price to reach $116.8423 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LyondellBasell Industries in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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Media stories about LYB stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a news sentiment score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 45.30 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.37%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.25%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.04%) and Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN (0.03%). 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 Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, Calamos Advisors LLC, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., American National Bank and Manning & Napier Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Howard Capital Management Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Denali Advisors LLC and Clinton Group Inc.. 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 $108.11.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $42.10 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]