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, November 30th. Investors of record on Monday, December 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.00 per share on Monday, December 17th. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 7th. This is a boost from LyondellBasell Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Sunday, June 4th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase 1,000% of shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.96 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.28. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $10.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.95 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 47.35% and a net margin of 15.01%. The business's revenue was up 19.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.67 earnings per share. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

17 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for LyondellBasell Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate LyondellBasell Industries' stock price to reach $115.2633 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.0% 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 and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

Media coverage about LYB stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

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LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.71%), Vanguard Group Inc (6.71%), BlackRock Inc. (5.92%), FMR LLC (5.73%), Capital World Investors (3.87%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (2.26%). Company insiders that own LyondellBasell Industries stock include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Ai New Holdings 2 Llc, Jacquelyn H Wolf, 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 FMR LLC, Capital World Investors, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., American Century Companies Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ, Alliancebernstein L.P., PointState Capital LP, Nordea Investment Management AB, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp and LSV Asset Management. 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 $82.34.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $32.78 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.

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]