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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 1st. Investors 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 is Friday, June 8th. This is a boost from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan 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 purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management 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 consensus estimate of $2.80 by $0.31. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $9.77 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.43 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 53.77% and a net margin of 15.51%. LyondellBasell Industries's revenue was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter 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 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for LyondellBasell Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $99.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect LyondellBasell Industries' share 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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News headlines about LYB stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 47.36 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for LyondellBasell Industries.

LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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]