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LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Competitors

$95.50
+0.40 (+0.42%)
(As of 12/1/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$94.67
$96.39
50-Day Range
$89.24
$97.24
52-Week Range
$79.20
$102.04
Volume
1.65 million shs
Average Volume
1.76 million shs
Market Capitalization
$30.98 billion
P/E Ratio
13.68
Dividend Yield
5.24%
Price Target
$102.07

LYB vs. WLK, GOLD, DD, NEM, PPG, PKX, NTR, AEM, DOW, and FNV

Should you be buying LyondellBasell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LyondellBasell Industries include Westlake (WLK), Barrick Gold (GOLD), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Newmont (NEM), PPG Industries (PPG), POSCO (PKX), Nutrien (NTR), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), DOW (DOW), and Franco-Nevada (FNV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

LyondellBasell Industries vs.

Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

In the previous week, LyondellBasell Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Westlake. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries and 4 mentions for Westlake. Westlake's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat LyondellBasell Industries' score of 0.10 indicating that LyondellBasell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Westlake
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
LyondellBasell Industries
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Westlake pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 71.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Westlake has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and LyondellBasell Industries has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

LyondellBasell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Westlake$15.79B1.08$2.25B$9.3514.18
LyondellBasell Industries$50.45B0.61$3.89B$6.9813.68

Westlake has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Westlake has a net margin of 9.28% compared to Westlake's net margin of 5.53%. Westlake's return on equity of 22.15% beat LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Westlake9.28% 11.07% 5.77%
LyondellBasell Industries 5.53%22.15%7.81%

Westlake currently has a consensus target price of $128.71, suggesting a potential downside of 2.95%. LyondellBasell Industries has a consensus target price of $102.07, suggesting a potential upside of 6.91%. Given Westlake's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LyondellBasell Industries is more favorable than Westlake.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Westlake
4 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.87
LyondellBasell Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

28.4% of Westlake shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.1% of Westlake shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

LyondellBasell Industries received 283 more outperform votes than Westlake when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% of users gave LyondellBasell Industries an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WestlakeOutperform Votes
449
58.54%
Underperform Votes
318
41.46%
LyondellBasell IndustriesOutperform Votes
732
64.21%
Underperform Votes
408
35.79%

Summary

LyondellBasell Industries beats Westlake on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LYB vs. The Competition

MetricLyondellBasell IndustriesIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.85B$2.85B$2.57B$15.78B
Dividend Yield5.26%4.68%5.53%3.74%
P/E Ratio13.6818.5787.6322.64
Price / Sales0.61259.62916,957.005.88
Price / Cash5.756.5623.3917.36
Price / Book2.341.792.874.68
Net Income$3.89B$197.54M$291.57M$908.09M
7 Day Performance1.42%0.54%3.30%2.46%
1 Month Performance3.82%-4.15%5.19%11.30%
1 Year Performance12.45%-14.37%-2.54%2.62%

LyondellBasell Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLK
Westlake
1.669 of 5 stars
$127.41
-0.9%
$128.71
+1.0%
+22.9%$16.33B$15.79B13.6315,920
GOLD
Barrick Gold
2.7997 of 5 stars
$17.45
+5.3%
$23.87
+36.8%
+3.6%$30.63B$11.01B581.5023,000Analyst Report
Options Volume
DD
DuPont de Nemours
2.3558 of 5 stars
$71.31
+0.1%
$78.75
+10.4%
+2.8%$30.67B$13.02B7.3723,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
NEM
Newmont
3.0684 of 5 stars
$40.59
+6.3%
$55.54
+36.8%
-15.2%$32.26B$11.92B-39.4114,600Options Volume
High Trading Volume
PPG
PPG Industries
2.0359 of 5 stars
$138.08
+0.6%
$155.44
+12.6%
+6.4%$32.56B$17.65B23.1352,000News Coverage
PKX
POSCO
2.6296 of 5 stars
$92.99
+2.7%
N/A+63.8%$28.13B$65.60B13.1538,175Gap Down
NTR
Nutrien
2.8399 of 5 stars
$55.41
+0.5%
$77.65
+40.1%
-29.2%$27.40B$30.93B12.8024,700Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
AEM
Agnico Eagle Mines
2.549 of 5 stars
$53.41
+5.2%
$70.17
+31.4%
+4.3%$26.52B$5.74B10.0216,105Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DOW
DOW
2.7005 of 5 stars
$51.69
+1.1%
$56.79
+9.9%
+2.4%$36.26B$56.90B28.4037,800Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
FNV
Franco-Nevada
2.987 of 5 stars
$118.22
+1.4%
$161.11
+36.3%
-23.2%$22.71B$1.32B33.4038Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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