Houston, Texas-based LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) is a chemical company that produces and markets olefins and co-products, oxyfuels and related products, and intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, acetyls, and ethylene oxide. Valued at a market cap of $18.4 billion, the company’s products are used in electronics, automotive parts, packaging, construction materials and biofuels. It is expected to announce its fiscal Q1 earnings for 2025 before the market opens on Friday, Apr. 25.
Prior to this event, analysts project this specialty chemicals company to report a profit of $0.43 per share, down 71.9% from $1.53 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has met or surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in three of the last four quarters, while missing on another occasion. Its earnings of $0.75 per share in the previous quarter came in-line with the consensus estimates.
