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After finishing at $57.34 in the prior trading day, LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB) closed at $58.33, up 1.73%. In other words, the price has increased by $1.73% from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.15 million shares were traded. LYB stock price reached its highest trading level at $58.48 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $57.62.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of LYB by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 10.03 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.46. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.04 and its Current Ratio is at 1.83. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.04 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.99.
On April 09, 2025, RBC Capital Mkts Downgraded its rating to Sector Perform which previously was Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $62.
UBS Downgraded its Neutral to Sell on April 07, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $51.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 05 ’25 when Hanley Michael Sean bought 3,500 shares for $57.01 per share. The transaction valued at 199,535 led to the insider holds 19,528 shares of the business.
Hanley Michael Sean bought 3,750 shares of LYB for $270,196 on Mar 12 ’25. The Director now owns 16,028 shares after completing the transaction at $72.05 per share. On Dec 13 ’24, another insider, Buchanan Robin W.T., who serves as the Director of the company, bought 5,000 shares for $76.06 each. As a result, the insider paid 380,300 and bolstered with 18,175 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LYB now has a Market Capitalization of 18747262976 and an Enterprise Value of 29792262144. As of this moment, LyondellBasell’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.04, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.16. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.41. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.49 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.54. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.751 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.392.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LYB is 0.82, which has changed by -0.3910002 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11213791 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LYB has reached a high of $100.46, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $51.11. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.73%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -22.13%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 4.42M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4892340 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 322.95M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 255.87M. Insiders hold about 20.39% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 73.99% stake in the company. Shares short for LYB as of 1748563200 were 11775573 with a Short Ratio of 2.66, compared to 1745971200 on 10551601. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11775573 and a Short% of Float of 3.6700000000000004.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, LYB’s forward annual dividend rate was 5.36, compared to 5.39 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0934775The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.37.
