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LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Company snapshot — LyondellBasell Industries NV

LYB in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
LyondellBasell makes and sells commodity and specialty chemicals: olefins and polyolefins such as ethylene, propylene, polyethylene and polypropylene, plus intermediates like propylene oxide and styrene monomer. It also licenses its own polyolefin process technology and sells catalysts, and its advanced polymer solutions unit compounds plastics for packaging, automotive and construction customers. The company runs plants across the Americas, Europe and Asia and is headquartered in Rotterdam.
Where it sits in the stack
LyondellBasell has no seat in Closelooknet's AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; in our universe it belongs to the Basic Materials sector, within Specialty Chemicals. Its output feeds industrial and consumer supply chains rather than the compute layers Closelooknet otherwise tracks.
Who it is priced against
The diary carries no peer group for LyondellBasell yet. The market's usual comparison is Dow Inc, another large diversified petrochemical producer.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds an S&P 500 seat but no Rubin or Halo index membership, and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score. It has not appeared in any Closelooknet edition or quote so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the recent broker move away from an overweight stance marks a turn in petrochemical margins, and whether the shares recover from their pullback off the 52-week high.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for LYB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by UBS, 2026-09-25

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for LYB from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target UBS — target 62 from 64 Target cut to $62 from $64 (+4.3% to spot) 2026-09-25
  • Initiation KeyBanc — at Sector Weight Initiated to Sector Weight from Overweight 2026-09-11

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Specialty Chemicals · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Chemicals · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against LYB on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.92%, quarterly · last 0.69 USD on 2026-08-24

Dividends and capital return

What LYB pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.44 USD per share · a 5.92% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year −36.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 5.42 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.69 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-24
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.25 USD (partial) · 2024: 5.27 USD · 2025: 5.45 USD · 2026: 2.07 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-24

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta −1.00 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How LYB has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −1.00 — moves strongly against bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), LyondellBasell Industries NV moved −1.00% on average · correlation −0.22 · higher than 2% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −1.46 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.34% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.35% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB)?

LyondellBasell Industries NV trades as LYB on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is LYB in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — LyondellBasell Industries NV is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does LYB trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -7% vs the 50-day and -4.9% vs the 200-day average, 30% below the 52-week high and +47.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does LyondellBasell Industries NV do?

LyondellBasell makes and sells commodity and specialty chemicals: olefins and polyolefins such as ethylene, propylene, polyethylene and polypropylene, plus intermediates like propylene oxide and styrene monomer. It also licenses its own polyolefin process technology and sells catalysts, and its advanced polymer solutions unit compounds plastics for packaging, automotive and construction customers. The company runs plants across the Americas, Europe and Asia and is headquartered in Rotterdam. The diary carries no peer group for LyondellBasell yet. The market's usual comparison is Dow Inc, another large diversified petrochemical producer.

Where does LyondellBasell Industries NV sit in the AI build-out?

LyondellBasell has no seat in Closelooknet's AI build-out index, so it sits outside that stack; in our universe it belongs to the Basic Materials sector, within Specialty Chemicals. Its output feeds industrial and consumer supply chains rather than the compute layers Closelooknet otherwise tracks. It holds an S&P 500 seat but no Rubin or Halo index membership, and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score. It has not appeared in any Closelooknet edition or quote so far.

Does LyondellBasell Industries NV pay a dividend?

LyondellBasell Industries NV has paid 3.44 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.92% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.69 USD on 2026-08-24. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does LyondellBasell Industries NV trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year LyondellBasell Industries NV had a beta of −1.00 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly against bonds, higher than 2% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.34% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on LyondellBasell Industries NV recently?

The most recent analyst action on LyondellBasell Industries NV on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by UBS on 2026-09-25 (target 62 from 64). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for LYB, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Specialty Chemicals. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.