LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) Stock

About LyondellBasell Industries N.V.

LyondellBasell Industries N.V., established in 2009 and based in Houston, Texas, operates as a prominent global chemical manufacturer with a significant international footprint, including the United States, Germany, Mexico, Italy, Poland, France, Japan, China, and the Netherlands. The company's diverse operations are organized into six distinct segments. Its core business involves the production and marketing of olefins and various polyolefins, such as high, low, and linear low-density polyethylene, along with polypropylene homopolymers and copolymers, for markets spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia. LyondellBasell also focuses on intermediate chemicals and derivatives, offering products like propylene oxide, oxyfuels, styrene monomers, acetyls, and ethylene-based compounds. Furthermore, the company develops and sells advanced polymer solutions, including polypropylene compounds, engineered plastics, masterbatches, engineered composites, colors, and powders. Its activities extend to refining crude oil into gasoline and distillates, as well as the development and licensing of chemical and polyolefin process technologies, alongside the manufacturing and sale of polyolefin catalysts.

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. is led by CEO Peter Z. E. Vanacker, employs 18,970 people, headquartered in Rotterdam, NL, publicly traded since 2010.

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) stock trades at $62.08 with a market capitalization of $20.04B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -29.67, price-to-book of 2.23, price-to-sales of 0.64. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $41.58 and $83.94, and currently trades 26.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 7.04%.

On profitability, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -7.37%, return on capital employed of -3.20%, an operating margin of -1.08%, a net profit margin of -2.67%.

In its most recent fiscal year, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. reported annual revenue of $30.2B, net profit of $-743.0M, revenue has compounded at 1.7% a year over the last five years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.42, a current ratio of 1.77, total assets of $34.0B, $3.4B in cash and equivalents.

LYB has an average daily trading volume of 5,259,948 shares, a beta of 0.33 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.lyondellbasell.com