LYB · Basic Materials
What a holder would want to know before buying LYB: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 42% above the lowest point of the past year and 27% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 53% of days and more expensive on 47%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 11% of days.
4% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more once in 10 years. The deepest fall was 71%. None has recovered yet.
It is in one now: 51% below the Jan 2018 peak.
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · a large company worth $19.39B
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. operates as a chemical company in the United States, Germany, China, Mexico, Italy, Japan, France, Poland, the Netherlands, and internationally. It operates in five segments: Olefins and…
revenue profit
Sales of $30.15B in 2025, and a loss of $745.00M. Sales grew in 1 of the last 3 years.
Loses money on its sales at the moment.
Would need about 12 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
Not profitable over the last year. You pay $10 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 4.57% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 24.
19 analysts: 6 say buy, 10 hold, 3 sell. Their average 12-month target is $67.94 (range $56.00–$88.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 1 sale in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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