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, May 31st. Investors of record on Monday, June 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.05 per share on Monday, June 17th. This represents a $4.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 7th. This is a boost from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 2nd. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.75 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.84 by $0.09. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $9.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.26 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 35.20% and a net margin of 9.83%. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

LyondellBasell Industries updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, June, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.79-2.91 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.83.

17 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for LyondellBasell Industries' stock. Their predictions range from $80.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate LyondellBasell Industries' share price to reach $102.6667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 48.7% 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, 7 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

Media stories about LYB stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for LyondellBasell Industries.

LyondellBasell Industries saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,190,300 shares, a decline of 45.4% from the June 30th total of 9,506,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 Vanguard Group Inc. (7.20%), BlackRock Inc. (6.83%), BlackRock Inc. (6.83%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.75%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.75%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.41%). Company insiders that own LyondellBasell Industries stock include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Pictet Asset Management Ltd. and Pictet Asset Management Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Aristeia Capital LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp, Invesco Ltd., Kiltearn Partners LLP, Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Laurion Capital Management LP. Company insiders that have bought LyondellBasell Industries stock in the last two years include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LYB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $69.03.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $23.14 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]