LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB) Stock Price & How to Invest

LyondellBasell Industries is a Netherlands-domiciled, US-listed multinational and one of the largest plastics, chemicals, and refining companies in the world. Its business is organized around Olefins and Polyolefins in the Americas and in Europe/Asia/International, an Intermediates and Derivatives segment, Advanced Polymer Solutions, and a Refining operation the company has been winding down. The core products are the building blocks of everyday plastics (polyethylene and polypropylene) plus propylene oxide, oxyfuels, and other intermediates, so results move with feedstock costs, product spreads, and regional demand rather than with a single end market.

The investment picture is defined by cyclicality and capital return. LYB entered 2026 in a prolonged industry downturn marked by global petrochemical oversupply and weak polyolefin spreads, which pushed trailing earnings sharply lower and led the board to recalibrate (cut) the quarterly dividend in February 2026 to preserve balance-sheet strength. Management is reshaping the portfolio, selling four European sites, exiting refining, and leaning into circular and lower-carbon plastics, while positioning for a sequential recovery it expects as tighter supply and Middle East disruptions steepen the global cost curve. The result is a low-multiple, high-yield name whose thesis rests on the timing and magnitude of a chemicals up-cycle.

LYB is deeply cyclical, so a prolonged glut in global petrochemical capacity, especially new supply from the Middle East and China, can keep polyolefin spreads compressed and earnings depressed. The February 2026 dividend cut showed that the income is not guaranteed and can be reduced when markets stay weak. Feedstock and energy price swings, refining exit costs, foreign-currency exposure, and environmental and plastics-pollution litigation add further uncertainty. Trailing earnings have been near or below breakeven, so the valuation leans heavily on a recovery that may arrive later or weaker than hoped. As a commodity producer, LYB has limited pricing power in downturns.

17 analysts publish price targets on LYB, averaging $68.35 against a $65.17 price as of September 2026, or +4.9%. The published targets run from $56.00 to $88.00, a moderate spread, and the ratings split 7 buy, 8 hold, 3 sell. Over the last six months there have been 5 raises and 7 cuts among the published actions. A price target is what an analyst published on a date, not a prediction, and sell-side ratings skew positive across the whole market.

Read the full LYB forecast and price target for the target table, the recent rating actions by firm, and how the consensus has shifted.

We give no verdict on LyondellBasell Industries NV. Both cases are real, which is why the question is contested at all, so here is the strongest version of each.

The case for buying. Cycle recovery in polyolefins. LYB's earnings are dominated by polyethylene and polypropylene spreads, which sat near cycle lows through 2025 and early 2026. The most optimistic published target, $88.00, assumes this works close to its best case.

The case against. LYB is deeply cyclical, so a prolonged glut in global petrochemical capacity, especially new supply from the Middle East and China, can keep polyolefin spreads compressed and earnings depressed. The most pessimistic target, $56.00, is roughly what LYB is worth if this bites instead.

Read the full bull and bear case on LYB, including what would have to change to break either one. Walnut is not an investment adviser.

No. LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB) has not split its stock in the last 10 years. That is a statement about the window we check rather than about the company’s entire history, so an older split is possible. It also matters less than it once did: fractional shares mean a high price per share no longer keeps smaller investors out, which removed most of the practical reason to split.

A simple financial snapshot. These are approximations and refresh quarterly; for current figures see LyondellBasell Industries NV's investor relations page or your broker.

• Share price: ~$62
• Market cap: ~$19.5B
• Revenue (TTM): ~$30B
• Q1 2026 adjusted EPS: ~$0.49
• Q1 2026 adjusted EBITDA: ~$615M
• Dividend (annualized) / yield: ~$2.76 / ~4.7%

LYB reported Q1 2026 revenue of roughly $7.2 billion, down about 6% year over year, with adjusted EPS of ~$0.49 beating low expectations and adjusted EBITDA of ~$615 million. Trailing GAAP earnings have been depressed by the chemicals downturn, so the stock trades on a low price-to-sales multiple and a recovering forward earnings estimate rather than a clean trailing P/E. The mid-single-digit dividend yield reflects the February 2026 payout recalibration.

Other names that sit close to LYB: same theme, named as a direct competitor, or held beside it in the same funds. Each entry says which. Worth a look if you are thinking about diversification within a thesis rather than concentration on one ticker.

There are three common ways to get LYB exposure. Buy shares (or fractional shares) directly at any major broker. Hold an ETF that includes it, which spreads the position across many companies. Or build it into a focused thematic portfolio, so LYB sits alongside other stocks that express the same thesis.

Walnut takes the portfolio route. Describe a thesis where LYB fits (for example “AI infrastructure” or “dividend-growth large-caps”) and the AI proposes 5 to 6 constituents with target weights. You review the plan and fund it through your own broker when you're ready.

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LYB is a cyclical commodity-chemicals heavyweight trading near cycle-low earnings, where the payoff depends on a recovery in polyolefin margins rather than steady growth.

Whether LYB is worth buying today depends more on your time horizon and what you already hold than on any single call. We walk through valuation, what would have to go right, and the risks in is LYB a buy or a sell?, and where the stock could go from here in the LYB stock forecast.

For income investors, whether LYB pays a dividend and how the payout looks is covered in does LYB pay a dividend? And to weigh LYB against a peer, read the full side-by-side comparisons: LYB vs WLK and LYB vs CE.