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New Buy Rating for LyondellBasell (LYB), the Basic Materials Giant

Tipranks - Sat May 2, 9:16AM CDT

RBC Capital analyst Arun Viswanathan maintained a Buy rating on LyondellBasell today and set a price target of $91.00.

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According to TipRanks, Viswanathan is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 3.4% and a 52.80% success rate. Viswanathan covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as LyondellBasell, PPG Industries, and Albemarle.

LyondellBasell has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of $75.53.

Based on LyondellBasell’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $7.09 billion and a GAAP net loss of $140 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $9.5 billion and had a GAAP net loss of $598 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 83 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of LYB in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in March 2026, AI INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS LLC, a Major Shareholder at LYB sold 385,390.00 shares for a total of $26,254,959.78.

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