NYSE:LYB - LyondellBasell Industries Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.57%. 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 announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are 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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.80 by $0.31. The specialty chemicals company earned $9.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.43 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 53.77% and a net margin of 15.51%. The company's revenue was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior 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 12 month target prices for LyondellBasell Industries' stock. Their predictions range from $99.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect LyondellBasell Industries' stock price to reach $119.3292 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.6% 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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Media coverage about LYB stock has trended positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.25 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 46.42 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few 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 purchased 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 $111.95.

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]