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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.70%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 8th. This is a positive change from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

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

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $3.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 the consensus estimate of $9.43 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 53.55% and a net margin of 14.83%. The firm's revenue was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.98 EPS. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August, 3rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

15 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives 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 twelve months. 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 recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a coverage optimism score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 44.76 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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%), Pendal Group Ltd (0.05%) and CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.04%). 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 Pendal Group Ltd, Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, Calamos Advisors LLC, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. and American National Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was purchased 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 $108.05.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $42.39 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]