What Should Investors Know About LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB) Stock?

By Kim Brooks • Friday, October 06 10:10 • Permanent Link

LyondellBasell Industries NV, a large-cap Chemicals stock, moved -0.7% this morning. Here are some facts about the company that we're keeping an eye on:

LyondellBasell Industries NV has logged a 18.0% 52 week change, compared to 17.0% for the S&P 500
LYB has an average analyst rating of hold and is -12.08% away from its mean target price of $102.4 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $6.47, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 13.9. The Industrials sector's average P/E ratio is 20.49
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $10.02 and its forward P/E ratio is 9.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.26 in contrast to the Industrials sector's average P/B ratio is 3.78
The current ratio is currently 1.8, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
LYB has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -56.1% and gross profit margins of 0.1%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $8.01 Billion and the average free cash flow growth rate is 0.0%
LyondellBasell Industries NV's revenues have an average growth rate of 0.0% with operating expenses growing at -5.8%. The company's current operating margins stand at 10.2%

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