LyondellBasell Industries NV

Netherlands Country flag Netherlands
Sector: Commodity Chemicals
Ticker: LYB
ISIN: NL0009434992
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Levered/Unlevered Beta of LyondellBasell Industries NV ( LYB | NLD)

Beta is a statistical measure that compares the volatility of a stock against the volatility of the broader market, which is typically measured by a reference market index. Since the market is the benchmark, the market's beta is always 1. When a stock has a beta greater than 1, it means the stock is expected to increase by more than the market in up markets and decrease more than the market in down markets. Conversely, a stock with a beta lower than 1 is expected to rise less than the market when the market is moving up , but fall less than the market when the market is moving down. Despite being rare, a stock may have a negative beta, which means the stock moves opposite the general market trend.
LyondellBasell Industries NV shows a Beta of 0.90.
This is slightly lower than 1. The volatility of LyondellBasell Industries NV according to this measure is slightly lower than the market volatility.

Beta (Ref: AEX 25)
Levered betaUnlevered beta
1-Year0.900.75
2-Year1.040.88
3-Year0.810.68
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Valuation
EV/EBITDA LastEV/EBITDA(e) 2024EV/EBITDA NTM
LyondellBasell Industries NVFree trialFree trialFree trial
International PeersFree trialFree trialFree trial
Commodity Chemicals8.097.717.45
AEX 2519.5810.9610.84
Netherlands8.407.907.62
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Stock Perf excl. Dividends (in USD)
LYBAEX 25Rel. Perf.
Year-to-Date8.3%9.7%-1.4%
1-Week0.6%1.2%-0.5%
1-Month4.0%3.0%1.0%
1-Year17.6%19.7%-2.1%
3-Year-2.5%15.9%-18.4%
5-Year23.3%55.2%-31.9%
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International Peers - LyondellBasell Industries NV
Company NameCtryMarket
Cap.
last (mUSD)
LyondellBasell Industri...NLD33 406
International Peers Median1.39
Celanese CorporationUSA18 926
Sinopec Shanghai Petroc...CHN3 110
Eastman Chemical Compan...USA11 681
Westlake Chemical Corpo...USA20 514
Imperial Oil LimitedCAN36 800
GPRV Analysis
LyondellBasell Indus...
Intl. Peers
U.S Patents No. 7,882,001 & 8,082,201
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- Additional beta statistics: calculate R-squared and T-value.

About Beta

Standard beta is co-called levered, which means that it reflects the capital structure of the company (including the financial risk linked to the debt level). Unlevered beta (or ungeared beta) compares the risk of an unlevered company (i.e. with no debt in the capital structure) to the risk of the market. Unlevered beta is useful when comparing companies with different capital structures as it focuses on the equity risk. Unlevered beta is generally lower than the levered beta. However, unlevered beta could be higher than levered beta when the net debt is negative (meaning that the company has more cash than debt).
Many different betas can be calculated for a given stock. The main common variables that affect beta calculations are the time period, the reference date, the sampling frequency for closing prices and the reference index.
The calculation divides the covariance of the stock return with the market return by the variance of the market return. Beta is used very often for company valuation using the Discounted Cash Flows (DCF) method. The discount rate is calculated using the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC). The WACC is essentially a blend of the cost of equity and the after-tax cost of debt. The cost of equity is usually calculated using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), which defines the cost of equity as follows: re = rf + β × (rm - rf)
Where:
rf = Risk-free rate
β = Beta (levered)
(rm - rf) = Market risk premium.