LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $4.30
- Estimate
- $3.42
- Surprise
- +25.6%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $9.18B
- Score today
- 5.7/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) beat the $3.42 estimate with diluted EPS of $4.30 — a large 25.6% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates LYB Sell at 5.7/10; 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
- Target reached (-7.3% upside)
- Quality below floor (3.3 < 4.0)
- Negative risk/reward — downside exceeds upside
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
- $67.60
- Price target
- $77.66
- Stop
- $63.11
- Upside to target
- +14.9%
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-08-23 — 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
- $21.81B
- P/E (fwd)
- 10.5
- 52-week range
- $41.58–$83.94
- Off 52-week high
- 19.5%
- RSI (14)
- 68
- Volume vs avg
- 0.63×
- Score today
- 5.7/10