LyondellBasell Industries N.V.

NYSE:LYB Stock Report

Mkt Cap: US$28.9b

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LyondellBasell Industries Valuation

Is LYB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Analyst Forecast

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LYB?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LYB key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA7.1x
PEG Ratio0.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LYB's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LYB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyPEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.2x
DOW Dow
13.1x14.7%US$37.2b
WLK Westlake
7.9x-5.6%US$14.4b
OLN Olin
6.4x-2.1%US$6.6b
CBT Cabot
13.5x14.7%US$4.1b
LYB LyondellBasell Industries
9.9x8.7%US$28.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LYB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.9x) compared to the peer average (10.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LYB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a13.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LYB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.9x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (13.3x)


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LYB's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LYB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio9.9x
Fair PE Ratio14.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LYB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.3x).


Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LYB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LYB ($92.24) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($100.95)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LYB is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LYB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$92.24
US$101.30
+9.8%
11.6%US$124.00US$77.00n/a25
Jun ’24US$86.66
US$101.14
+16.7%
11.8%US$124.00US$77.00n/a25
May ’24US$93.52
US$101.52
+8.6%
12.5%US$130.00US$75.00n/a23
Apr ’24US$93.89
US$100.29
+6.8%
13.2%US$130.00US$74.00n/a23
Mar ’24US$97.48
US$101.69
+4.3%
12.2%US$130.00US$75.00n/a24
Feb ’24US$97.17
US$92.25
-5.1%
13.4%US$116.00US$65.00n/a24
Jan ’24US$83.03
US$89.43
+7.7%
15.1%US$116.00US$65.00n/a23
Dec ’23US$84.64
US$87.65
+3.6%
15.7%US$116.00US$65.00n/a23
Nov ’23US$78.47
US$87.74
+11.8%
15.6%US$116.00US$65.00n/a23
Oct ’23US$75.28
US$94.05
+24.9%
13.7%US$115.00US$65.00n/a21
Sep ’23US$81.86
US$100.67
+23.0%
12.6%US$117.00US$70.00n/a21
Aug ’23US$86.95
US$106.23
+22.2%
13.6%US$132.00US$70.00n/a20
Jul ’23US$87.66
US$111.98
+27.7%
13.4%US$132.00US$70.00n/a21
Jun ’23US$114.31
US$118.15
+3.4%
9.2%US$135.00US$96.00US$86.6620
May ’23US$106.03
US$112.80
+6.4%
9.2%US$135.00US$96.00US$93.5220
Apr ’23US$103.34
US$110.90
+7.3%
10.0%US$135.00US$92.00US$93.8921
Mar ’23US$93.42
US$111.41
+19.3%
9.8%US$135.00US$92.00US$97.4822
Feb ’23US$99.53
US$111.50
+12.0%
9.9%US$135.00US$92.00US$97.1722
Jan ’23US$92.23
US$112.00
+21.4%
11.1%US$135.00US$94.00US$83.0322
Dec ’22US$84.55
US$113.78
+34.6%
9.8%US$135.00US$95.00US$84.6423
Nov ’22US$94.28
US$115.50
+22.5%
9.6%US$135.00US$96.00US$78.4722
Oct ’22US$95.83
US$120.15
+25.4%
10.5%US$142.00US$102.00US$75.2820
Sep ’22US$97.80
US$119.63
+22.3%
10.7%US$142.00US$102.00US$81.8619
Aug ’22US$99.33
US$120.21
+21.0%
10.6%US$142.00US$99.00US$86.9519
Jul ’22US$103.45
US$121.53
+17.5%
9.8%US$142.00US$99.00US$87.6619
Jun ’22US$116.87
US$117.00
+0.1%
9.2%US$139.00US$94.00US$114.3118

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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