LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $4.30
- Estimate
- $3.42
- Surprise
- +25.6%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $9.18B
- Score today
- 5.4/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) beat the $3.42 estimate with adjusted EPS of $4.30 — a large 25.6% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates LYB Sell at 5.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +25.6% surprise compares with a -19.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-10-30.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0)
- Momentum score 3.5/10 — below 4.5 minimum
- Reward/Risk 0.7:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $58.93
- Price target
- $61.15
- Stop
- $55.53
- Upside to target
- +3.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.7:1
Risk check: RSI 24 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-07 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
LYB at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $19.04B
- P/E (fwd)
- 9.5
- 52-week range
- $41.58–$83.94
- Off 52-week high
- 29.8%
- RSI (14)
- 24
- Volume vs avg
- 0.81×
- Score today
- 5.4/10