LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V. (LYB) has a dated report snapshot, but its current priced-in claim is temporarily suppressed because the live engine record is unavailable or has changed.
• LyondellBasell is a low-cost, North America-advantaged producer of polyethylene and polypropylene at the bottom of a deep petrochemical cycle, with normalized through-cycle earnings power well above the trough results the stock currently shows. • The biggest risk is the cycle itself: trailing operating margin turned slightly negative, and the company cut its dividend 50% from $1.37 to $0.69 per quarter in February 2026, the clearest signal the cash flow could not support the prior payout [Sour
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900 institutional managers reported holding LYB in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 75% of the company; the top 10 hold 42%. 237 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, Dodge & Cox, among others. On the short side, 13.9M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 4% of shares outstanding (2.7 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (15 and counting); the current rate is $5.45 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $4.52B in dividends and $440.00M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at LYB over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $380k; 2025: 3 buys totaling $716k. 25 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
LYB's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-05 | -0.8% | -5.3% |
| 2023-10-28 | +0.6% | +5.2% |
| 2024-02-23 | -0.3% | +2.9% |
| 2024-04-27 | +2.5% | -6.4% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
LYB's latest 8-K filings: 2026-05-29 (items 1.01, 2.03, 9.01); 2026-05-22 (items 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-01 (items 2.02, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-01-30 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2025-11-13 (items 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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