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LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Competitors

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$77.04 -0.57 (-0.73%)
Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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LYB vs. WLK, CBT, HWKN, KRO, KOP, TG, IFF, NEU, MEOH, and SXT

Should you be buying LyondellBasell Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LyondellBasell Industries include Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), NewMarket (NEU), Methanex (MEOH), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

LyondellBasell Industries vs.

Westlake (NYSE:WLK) and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Westlake presently has a consensus target price of $155.79, indicating a potential upside of 42.03%. LyondellBasell Industries has a consensus target price of $88.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.54%. Given Westlake's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Westlake is more favorable than LyondellBasell Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Westlake
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
LyondellBasell Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

28.4% of Westlake shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.1% of Westlake shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of LyondellBasell Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Westlake pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. LyondellBasell Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Westlake pays out 295.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LyondellBasell Industries pays out 129.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Westlake has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years and LyondellBasell Industries has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. LyondellBasell Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

LyondellBasell Industries has a net margin of 3.39% compared to Westlake's net margin of 0.81%. LyondellBasell Industries' return on equity of 15.97% beat Westlake's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Westlake0.81% 6.93% 3.61%
LyondellBasell Industries 3.39%15.97%5.74%

LyondellBasell Industries received 294 more outperform votes than Westlake when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.54% of users gave LyondellBasell Industries an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave Westlake an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WestlakeOutperform Votes
464
57.28%
Underperform Votes
346
42.72%
LyondellBasell IndustriesOutperform Votes
758
63.54%
Underperform Votes
435
36.46%

Westlake has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LyondellBasell Industries has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, LyondellBasell Industries had 18 more articles in the media than Westlake. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for LyondellBasell Industries and 12 mentions for Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Westlake's score of 0.89 indicating that LyondellBasell Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Westlake
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
LyondellBasell Industries
25 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

LyondellBasell Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Westlake. LyondellBasell Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westlake, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Westlake$12.55B1.13$479M$0.71154.48
LyondellBasell Industries$40.73B0.61$1.37B$4.1418.61

Summary

LyondellBasell Industries beats Westlake on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LYB vs. The Competition

MetricLyondellBasell IndustriesIndustrial organic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.02B$2.52B$3.12B$20.05B
Dividend Yield6.85%3.51%5.15%3.65%
P/E Ratio18.6118.23104.0634.88
Price / Sales0.6188.1425,886,820,843,820,000.0015.58
Price / Cash6.5923.6324.3720.85
Price / Book2.011.434.934.92
Net Income$1.37B-$13.51M$152.38M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.40%-3.49%-0.86%-1.05%
1 Month Performance-0.84%-6.00%2.03%-1.39%
1 Year Performance-20.88%-18.76%32.57%13.93%

LyondellBasell Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.9695 of 5 stars
$77.05
-0.7%
$88.25
+14.5%
-20.9%$25.02B$40.73B18.6120,000Positive News
WLK
Westlake
4.7583 of 5 stars
$115.30
+2.4%
$155.79
+35.1%
-19.1%$14.84B$12.55B162.4015,520Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
CBT
Cabot
4.5014 of 5 stars
$86.53
+0.8%
$102.00
+17.9%
+3.0%$4.69B$3.99B11.494,200Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
HWKN
Hawkins
3.4691 of 5 stars
$110.39
-2.0%
$122.00
+10.5%
+53.0%$2.31B$919.16M28.16810
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
3.6553 of 5 stars
$9.16
-1.5%
$12.00
+31.1%
+2.3%$1.05B$1.67B11.302,196News Coverage
KOP
Koppers
4.46 of 5 stars
$30.09
-0.2%
$65.75
+118.5%
-41.4%$609.90M$2.15B8.552,108
TG
Tredegar
0.9769 of 5 stars
$7.92
-0.1%
N/A+85.3%$272.17M$702.68M-10.031,900News Coverage
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
4.7663 of 5 stars
$85.60
-0.5%
$107.77
+25.9%
+4.1%$21.89B$11.48B-9.4221,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
NEU
NewMarket
2.2957 of 5 stars
$542.04
-1.0%
N/A-10.5%$5.20B$2.79B11.242,000Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
MEOH
Methanex
4.8302 of 5 stars
$46.06
-1.0%
$62.25
+35.1%
+1.1%$3.10B$3.72B19.941,451Analyst Revision
SXT
Sensient Technologies
3.962 of 5 stars
$71.38
-7.3%
$85.00
+19.1%
+4.8%$3.02B$1.46B34.153,956Earnings Report
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This page (NYSE:LYB) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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