NYSE:LYB - LyondellBasell Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

LyondellBasell Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LYB."

LyondellBasell Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a dividend of $1.05 per share on Monday, March 9th. This represents a $4.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.57%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.25 by $0.42. The specialty chemicals company earned $8.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.46 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 36.95% and a net margin of 9.78%. LyondellBasell Industries's revenue for the quarter was down 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.79 earnings per share. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

17 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for LyondellBasell Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect LyondellBasell Industries' share price to reach $94.76 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.7% 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, 7 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

Media headlines about LYB stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for LyondellBasell Industries.

LyondellBasell Industries saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,390,000 shares, an increase of 12.7% from the December 31st total of 5,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,800,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View LyondellBasell Industries' Current Options Chain.

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LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital World Investors (6.62%), State Street Corp (3.61%), Capital International Investors (3.28%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.90%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%) and LSV Asset Management (1.11%). Company insiders that own LyondellBasell Industries stock include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Bhavesh V Patel, Jagjeet S Bindra, Massimo Covezzi 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 State Street Corp, PGGM Investments, State of Michigan Retirement System, Prudential Financial Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., AXA, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC and American International Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AustralianSuper Pty Ltd, AQR Capital Management LLC, Capital World Investors, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, FMR LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. and Capital International Investors. Company insiders that have bought LyondellBasell Industries stock in the last two years include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Bhavesh V Patel, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LYB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $75.41.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $25.14 billion and generates $34.73 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $3.40 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.62 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]