LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB): Analyst View Points To Future Growth

LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $76.12, with 3.62 million shares of worth about $275.8 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -22.53% during that period and on January 30, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -2.23%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 324.75M shares, out of which, 258.76M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -1.60% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 2.67%. Year-to-date (YTD), LYB shares are showing a performance of 2.49% which decreased to -20.10% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $72.21 but also hit the highest price of $107.02 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for LyondellBasell Industries NV shares is 2.85 million. The stock is currently trading 0.55% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -1.47% for SMA50 and it goes to -16.20% lower than SMA200.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB) currently have 324.75M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 72.28% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $24.72B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.05. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 11.59, while it has posted earnings per share of $6.57 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.67 and has Quick Ratio of 1.25 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for LYB, volatility over the week remained 2.16% while standing at 1.83% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to drop by -25.52% while it is estimated to increase by 14.69% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 2.48% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -11.67% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Piper Sandler on January 07, 2025 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $112 and $95 to it. On February 05, 2024, JP Morgan Upgrade their recommendations, while on January 10, 2024, Deutsche Bank Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $105. Stock get a Buy rating from Vertical Research on January 03, 2024.

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