LyondellBasell Industries Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:LYB)

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

LyondellBasell Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 4th will be paid a dividend of $1.05 per share on Wednesday, September 11th. This represents a $4.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.81%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 3rd. View LyondellBasell Industries' Dividend History.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 2nd. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.84 by $0.09. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $9.05 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.26 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a net margin of 9.83% and a return on equity of 35.20%. View LyondellBasell Industries' Earnings History.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for LyondellBasell Industries.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for LyondellBasell Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $130.00. On average, they anticipate LyondellBasell Industries' share price to reach $100.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for LyondellBasell Industries.

15 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 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for LyondellBasell Industries.

Headlines about LYB stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. LyondellBasell Industries earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines 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 effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for LyondellBasell Industries.

LyondellBasell Industries saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 5,610,000 shares, a decrease of 21.5% from the August 30th total of 7,150,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,870,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Hexavest Inc. (0.08%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN (0.04%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.04%) and TIAA FSB (0.03%). Company insiders that own LyondellBasell Industries stock include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Bhavesh V Patel, 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 Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Delphi Management Inc. MA, Gyroscope Capital Management Group LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., CX Institutional and First Hawaiian Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for LyondellBasell Industries.

LYB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Winmill & CO. Inc., Viking Fund Management LLC, TIAA FSB, Rockland Trust Co., Fulton Bank N.A., Northwest Bancshares Inc., NewSquare Capital LLC and Sound Income Strategies 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 $87.34.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $29.28 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]