LyondellBasell Industries Stock Forecast, Price & News

LyondellBasell Industries' stock was trading at $54.00 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LYB shares have increased by 74.8% and is now trading at $94.38.
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24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LyondellBasell Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" LyondellBasell Industries stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LYB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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538 employees have rated LyondellBasell Industries CEO Thomas Greco on Glassdoor.com. Thomas Greco has an approval rating of 63% among LyondellBasell Industries' employees. This puts Thomas Greco in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

LyondellBasell Industries is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 29th 2021.
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LyondellBasell Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.27 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.14. The specialty chemicals company earned $6.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.58 billion. LyondellBasell Industries had a return on equity of 24.09% and a net margin of 4.23%. The business's revenue was down 22.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.85 EPS.
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LyondellBasell Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.05 per share on Monday, December 7th. This represents a $4.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.45%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 27th.
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LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.48%. LYB has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of LyondellBasell Industries is 43.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LyondellBasell Industries will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.69% next year. This indicates that LyondellBasell Industries will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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24 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for LyondellBasell Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect LyondellBasell Industries' share price to reach $75.61 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 19.9%.
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LyondellBasell Industries saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,040,000 shares, a decrease of 20.9% from the December 15th total of 5,110,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,050,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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LyondellBasell Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LYB."

LyondellBasell Industries' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.07%), Darrell & King LLC (0.07%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%), Denali Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.02%). Company insiders that own LyondellBasell Industries stock include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Bhavesh V Patel, Daniel M Coombs, Jagjeet S Bindra and Massimo Covezzi.
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LYB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Denali Advisors LLC, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, Valicenti Advisory Services Inc., KG&L Capital Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, OLD National Bancorp IN, DT Investment Partners LLC, and Sowell Financial Services LLC. Company insiders that have sold LyondellBasell Industries company stock in the last year include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, and Jagjeet S Bindra.
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LYB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc., Sound Income Strategies LLC, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Cumberland Advisors Inc., Acropolis Investment Management LLC, Vigilare Wealth Management, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, and Diversified Trust Co. Company insiders that have bought LyondellBasell Industries stock in the last two years include Ai Investments Holdings Llc, Bhavesh V Patel, Daniel M Coombs, and Jagjeet S Bindra.
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Shares of LYB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LYB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $94.38.

LyondellBasell Industries has a market capitalization of $31.52 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 19,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for LyondellBasell Industries is 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]