How to buy LyondellBasell Industries (LYB:NYSE) stocks in Canada

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LyondellBasell Industries is a specialty chemicals business based in the US. LyondellBasell Industries shares (LYB.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US dollars. Its last market close was $82.20 – a decrease of 1.2% over the previous day. LyondellBasell Industries employs 20,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $40.

How to buy shares in LyondellBasell Industries

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Search the platform by ticker symbol. LYB in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
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Is it a good time to buy LyondellBasell Industries stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View LyondellBasell Industries's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of LYB stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of $82.2

1 week (2024-11-12)	-1.49%
1 month (2024-10-17)	-10.15%
3 months (2024-08-19)	-14.87%
6 months (2024-05-19)	-17.88%
1 year (2023-11-19)	-14.69%
2 years (2022-11-17)	-0.12%
3 years (2021-11-18)	-8.05%
5 years (2019-11-19)	-10.87%

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Is LyondellBasell Industries under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the LyondellBasell Industries P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

LyondellBasell Industries's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, LyondellBasell Industries's stocks trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

LyondellBasell Industries's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.0535. A PEG ratio close to 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares offer reasonable value for the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into LyondellBasell Industries's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

LyondellBasell Industries's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $4.4 billion ($1 CAD).

The EBITDA is a measure of LyondellBasell Industries's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Frequently asked questions

It's as easy to sell LyondellBasell Industries as it is to buy! Here's how to sell LyondellBasell Industries stocks that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your LyondellBasell Industries shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

LyondellBasell Industries financials

Revenue TTM	$40.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	7.77%
Gross profit TTM	$6.6 billion
Return on assets TTM	5.06%
Return on equity TTM	15.86%
Profit margin	5.27%
Book value	$42.24
Market capitalisation	$26.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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