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After finishing at $57.98 in the prior trading day, LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB) closed at $56.60, down -2.38%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.38 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.49 million shares were traded. LYB stock price reached its highest trading level at $59.67 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $54.11.
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 5.40 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.29. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.12 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 0.96.
On April 04, 2025, JP Morgan Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Overweight but kept the price unchanged to $60.
Piper Sandler Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on January 07, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $112 to $95.
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 Mar 12 ’25 when Hanley Michael Sean bought 3,750 shares for $72.05 per share. The transaction valued at 270,196 led to the insider holds 16,028 shares of the business.
Buchanan Robin W.T. bought 5,000 shares of LYB for $380,300 on Dec 13 ’24. The Director now owns 18,175 shares after completing the transaction at $76.06 per share. On Aug 20 ’24, another insider, Friedrichs Dale D, who serves as the EVP, Ops Excellence, HSE of the company, sold 4,970 shares for $96.78 each. As a result, the insider received 480,997 and left with 34,220 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 18307043328 and an Enterprise Value of 28573409280. As of this moment, LyondellBasell’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.67, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.37. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.32. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.45 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.47. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.709 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.92.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LYB is 0.91, which has changed by -0.45971745 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of -0.028342128 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LYB has reached a high of $107.02, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $57.56. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -23.60%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -33.49%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 3.04M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4416120 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 323.89M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 257.44M. Insiders hold about 20.41% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 72.57% stake in the company. Shares short for LYB as of 1741910400 were 6876970 with a Short Ratio of 2.27, compared to 1739491200 on 5130908. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6876970 and a Short% of Float of 2.6700001.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, LYB’s forward annual dividend rate was 5.27, compared to 5.36 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.09089341The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.29.
