LyondellBasell IndustriesLYB
LYB
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 is 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 7,363 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 8 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
41% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $423M | Put options by funds: $301M
0.45% less ownership
Funds ownership: 71.51% [Q3] → 71.05% (-0.45%) [Q4]
6% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 352 | Existing positions reduced: 374
6% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,016 [Q3] → 951 (-65) [Q4]
23% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $22.3B [Q3] → $17.2B (-$5.08B) [Q4]
25% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 127 | Existing positions closed: 170
60% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 10 [Q3] → 4 (-6) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$76
3%
upside
Avg. target
$84
13%
upside
High target
$90
22%
upside
8 analyst ratings
4 positive
50%
3 neutral
38%
1 negative
13%
Piper Sandler Charles Neivert 40% 1-year accuracy 16 / 40 met price target | 14%upside $84 | Neutral Maintained | 13 Feb 2025 |
RBC Capital Arun Viswanathan 29% 1-year accuracy 19 / 65 met price target | 22%upside $90 | Outperform Maintained | 4 Feb 2025 |
JP Morgan Jeffrey Zekauskas 41% 1-year accuracy 19 / 46 met price target | 8%upside $80 | Overweight Maintained | 4 Feb 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Vincent Andrews 63% 1-year accuracy 5 / 8 met price target | 15%upside $85 | Overweight Maintained | 4 Feb 2025 |
Barclays Michael Leithead 40% 1-year accuracy 8 / 20 met price target | 8%upside $80 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 3 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 15 articles about LYB published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
4 days ago
LYB Launches Pro-fax EP649U for Rigid Packaging Market
LyondellBasell Industries introduces Pro-fax EP649U, a new polypropylene impact copolymer, for thin-wall packaging.
Positive
24/7 Wall Street
4 days ago
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Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
6 days ago
LyondellBasell to address J.P. Morgan 2025 Industrials Conference
HOUSTON and LONDON, March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LyondellBasell today announced Peter Vanacker, chief executive officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the J.P. Morgan 2025 Industrials Conference in New York City on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 11:15 a.m.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
LyondellBasell Expects 2025 Recovery To Support Dividend Yield
LyondellBasell is a leading global chemicals manufacturer, currently facing a cyclical low but expected to benefit from North American demand and future Chinese recovery. LYB's strong 6.9% dividend yield is expected to remain stable, with potential increases in 2025, supported by a solid cash position and strategic asset reviews. The company is optimizing operations by closing non-profitable assets, including a major Texas refinery, and exploring sustainable projects like MoReTec recycling.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 week ago
LyondellBasell approves propylene expansion project
Houston, March 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced an investment to expand propylene production capacity at its Channelview Complex near Houston.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
5 Relatively Secure And Cheap Dividend Stocks, Yields Upto 8% (March 2025)
This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks. In addition to the primary list that yields about 3.63%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, from moderate to high yields of up to 8%.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
LyondellBasell and Sipchem's Joint Project Earns Feedstock Allocation
LYB's technologies will enable the production of differentiated polyethylene and polypropylene grades, including the Catalloy line of elastomeric polyolefins.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 week ago
LyondellBasell announces quarterly dividend
HOUSTON and LONDON, Feb. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced it has declared a dividend of $1.34 per share, to be paid to shareholders on March 17, 2025, with an ex-dividend and record date of March 10, 2025.
Negative
Reuters
1 week ago
Lyondell to lay off 86% of workforce at Houston refinery soon to close, filing shows
Lyondell Basell Industries' will lay off 345 workers at its shuttered Houston refinery on April 17, according to a filing with the Texas Workforce Commission.
Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
1 week ago
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy awards prestigious feedstock allocation for joint project between Sipchem and LyondellBasell
Award marks important milestone in feasibility study of Saudi-based world-scale steam cracker and derivatives Award marks important milestone in feasibility study of Saudi-based world-scale steam cracker and derivatives
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