LyondellBasell Industries
About: LyondellBasell is a petrochemical producer with operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company is the world's largest producer of polypropylene and also a major producer of polyethylene and propylene oxide. Its chemicals are used in various consumer and industrial end products. Well over half of LyondellBasell's production comes from its North American operations.
Employees: 20,000
0
Funds holding %
of 6,809 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 8 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
23% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $510M | Put options by funds: $414M
15% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 414 | Existing positions reduced: 360
2% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 99 | Existing positions closed: 97
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,011 [Q2] → 1,013 (+2) [Q3]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 10 [Q2] → 10 (+0) [Q3]
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $22.8B [Q2] → $21.8B (-$963M) [Q3]
3.09% less ownership
Funds ownership: 73.11% [Q2] → 70.02% (-3.09%) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$85
16%
upside
Avg. target
$94
27%
upside
High target
$112
52%
upside
8 analyst ratings
4 positive
50%
3 neutral
38%
1 negative
13%
RBC Capital Arun Viswanathan 29% 1-year accuracy 20 / 70 met price target | 25%upside $92 | Outperform Maintained | 19 Dec 2024 |
Goldman Sachs Duffy Fischer 67% 1-year accuracy 8 / 12 met price target | 17%upside $86 | Sell Maintained | 12 Dec 2024 |
Wells Fargo Michael Sison 11% 1-year accuracy 4 / 38 met price target | 29%upside $95 | Overweight Maintained | 10 Dec 2024 |
Mizuho Christopher Parkinson 80% 1-year accuracy 4 / 5 met price target | 16%upside $85 | Neutral Maintained | 9 Dec 2024 |
JP Morgan Jeffrey Zekauskas 37% 1-year accuracy 16 / 43 met price target | 22%upside $90 | Overweight Maintained | 6 Dec 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 15 articles about LYB published over the past 30 days
Positive
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Positive
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Positive
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Positive
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Positive
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Positive
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Positive
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Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Yvonne van der Laan honored with 2024 Winthrop-Sears medal
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Neutral
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LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) Goldman Sachs Industrials and Materials Conference (Transcript)
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE:LYB ) Goldman Sachs Industrials and Materials Conference December 4, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Michael McMurray - CFO Conference Call Participants Duffy Fischer - Goldman Sachs Duffy Fischer Awesome.
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