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, February 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 4th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share on Monday, March 11th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.37%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 1st. This is a positive change from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback 1,000% of outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.13 by $0.30. The specialty chemicals company earned $8.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for LyondellBasell Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate LyondellBasell Industries' stock price to reach $115.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.9% 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, 4 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

Headlines about LYB stock have trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.24%), First Manhattan Co. (0.19%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.10%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.08%) and Hexavest Inc. (0.07%). 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 Boston Advisors LLC, Central Bank & Trust Co., Eqis Capital Management Inc., First Quadrant L P CA, Strs Ohio, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Denali Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hamlin Capital Management LLC, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, First Manhattan Co., Valicenti Advisory Services Inc., Gyroscope Capital Management Group LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC and Hexavest 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 $91.46.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $33.87 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.

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]