LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB) – Time For Strategy Change?

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.95M but it saw 2617054 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 18.10B USD, the company’s current market price of $56.33 came falling about -0.39 while comparing to the previous closing price of $56.55. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $100.46 and as low as $51.11.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the RBC Capital Mkts which downgraded the stock as “Sector Perform” in its note to investors issued on April 09, 2025, recommending a price target of $62 for it. UBS downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Sell” from “Neutral” on April 07, 2025 while assigning a price target of $51. JP Morgan also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $60.

Over the week, LYB’s stock price is moving -3.58% down while it is -2.51% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -24.16% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -43.73%.

Currently, LyondellBasell Industries NV’s total number of outstanding shares is 322.95M with 20.50% of that held by the insiders while 74.78% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.36% and return on equity (ROE) at 7.19%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 17.42 while having a 9.24 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.83. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.49 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.48. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.52% on average.