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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 22nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $1.05 per share on Monday, December 9th. This represents a $4.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. This is a positive change from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) announced its earnings results on Friday, November, 1st. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.70 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.78 by $0.08. The specialty chemicals company earned $8.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.98 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 35.56% and a net margin of 9.80%. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 31st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for LyondellBasell Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $84.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect LyondellBasell Industries' stock price to reach $95.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% 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, 8 hold ratings, 6 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

Press coverage about LYB stock has been trending negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a daily sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for LyondellBasell Industries.

LyondellBasell Industries saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,390,000 shares, an increase of 12.7% from the December 15th total of 5,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,820,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View LyondellBasell Industries' Current Options Chain.

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LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.13%), PGGM Investments (0.10%), Hexavest Inc. (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%) and Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.04%). 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 PGGM Investments, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, TIAA FSB, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, IFP Advisors Inc, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Advisors Capital Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Sciencast Management LP, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Windward Capital Management Co. CA, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and AE Wealth Management LLC. 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 $92.00.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $30.67 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]