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LyondellBasell's (LYB) Q1 Earnings Top Estimates, Sales Trail
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LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB - Free Report) logged net profits of $817 million or $2.19 per share in first-quarter 2019, down around 34% from $1,231 million or $3.11 in the year-ago quarter.
Barring one-time items, adjusted earnings came in at $2.22 per share for the first quarter, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.20. The company gained from improved market demand in the quarter.
LyondellBasell recorded revenues of $8,778 million, down roughly 10% year over year. The figure also trailed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9,077.9 million.
Consolidated EBITDA declined around 25% year over year to $1,428 million. The company’s olefins and polyolefins margins declined year over year in the quarter.
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
In the Olefins & Polyolefins — Americas division, EBITDA fell around 32% year over year to $516 million. Olefin results declined by roughly $110 million year over year. Polyolefins results dropped around $120 million, mainly due to lower volumes and a spread decline in polyethylene over ethylene.
The Olefins & Polyolefins — Europe, Asia, International (EAI) segment witnessed a decline in EBITDA of around 29% year over year to $296 million. Olefin results fell roughly $35 million on a year-over-year basis due to lower volumes resulting from an unplanned maintenance. Consolidated polyolefins results declined around $40 million.
The Advanced Polymer Solutions (APS) segment saw a 20% year over year rise in EBITDA to $148 million, aided by the addition of new product lines from the A. Schulman acquisition. The company is progressing with the integration of the acquisition.
EBITDA in the Intermediates and Derivatives segment went down around 20% on a year-over-year basis to $390 million. Propylene Oxide & Derivatives results were affected by lower margins.
EBITDA in the Refining segment declined $78 million year over year. Crude throughput rose 7,000 barrels per day aided by improved reliability.
The Technology segment’s EBITDA rose 48% year over year to $83 million, supported by higher licensing revenues and catalyst sales volumes.
Financials
LyondellBasell had cash and liquid investments of $1.3 billion at the end of the quarter.
The company repurchased 5.6 million shares and paid dividends worth $372 million during the first quarter.
Outlook
LyondellBasell said that it has witnessed signs of industry improvement in the first few weeks of April. Strong market sentiment is driving margins in its Olefins & Polyolefins - EAI segment, the company noted. Moreover, LyondellBasell is seeing volume improvement in its Olefins & Polyolefins – Americas unit. The company is also witnessing an improvement in the refining market with higher gasoline spreads and wider discounts for heavy sour crude oil.
The company noted that it will advance its growth strategy and boost earnings with a strong pipeline of licensing revenues for 2019 as well as the start-up of its world-scale HDPE plant in the third quarter.
Price Performance
Shares of LyondellBasell lost around 16.9% over the past year compared with the industry’s decline of 22.1%.
Zacks Rank & Key Picks
LyondellBasell currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Better-ranked stocks in the basic materials space include Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (SAND - Free Report) , Flexible Solutions International Inc. (FSI - Free Report) and W. R. Grace & Co. .
Sandstorm Gold has an expected earnings growth rate of 200% for the current year and carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). The company’s shares have gained around 11% over the past year. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Flexible Solutions has an expected earnings growth rate of 171.4% for the current year and carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Its shares have rallied roughly 92% in the past year.
W. R. Grace has an expected earnings growth rate of 10.4% for the current year and carries a Zacks Rank #2. Its shares have gained around 6% in the past year.
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LyondellBasell's (LYB) Q1 Earnings Top Estimates, Sales Trail
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB - Free Report) logged net profits of $817 million or $2.19 per share in first-quarter 2019, down around 34% from $1,231 million or $3.11 in the year-ago quarter.
Barring one-time items, adjusted earnings came in at $2.22 per share for the first quarter, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.20. The company gained from improved market demand in the quarter.
LyondellBasell recorded revenues of $8,778 million, down roughly 10% year over year. The figure also trailed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9,077.9 million.
Consolidated EBITDA declined around 25% year over year to $1,428 million. The company’s olefins and polyolefins margins declined year over year in the quarter.
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Quote
Segment Review
In the Olefins & Polyolefins — Americas division, EBITDA fell around 32% year over year to $516 million. Olefin results declined by roughly $110 million year over year. Polyolefins results dropped around $120 million, mainly due to lower volumes and a spread decline in polyethylene over ethylene.
The Olefins & Polyolefins — Europe, Asia, International (EAI) segment witnessed a decline in EBITDA of around 29% year over year to $296 million. Olefin results fell roughly $35 million on a year-over-year basis due to lower volumes resulting from an unplanned maintenance. Consolidated polyolefins results declined around $40 million.
The Advanced Polymer Solutions (APS) segment saw a 20% year over year rise in EBITDA to $148 million, aided by the addition of new product lines from the A. Schulman acquisition. The company is progressing with the integration of the acquisition.
EBITDA in the Intermediates and Derivatives segment went down around 20% on a year-over-year basis to $390 million. Propylene Oxide & Derivatives results were affected by lower margins.
EBITDA in the Refining segment declined $78 million year over year. Crude throughput rose 7,000 barrels per day aided by improved reliability.
The Technology segment’s EBITDA rose 48% year over year to $83 million, supported by higher licensing revenues and catalyst sales volumes.
Financials
LyondellBasell had cash and liquid investments of $1.3 billion at the end of the quarter.
The company repurchased 5.6 million shares and paid dividends worth $372 million during the first quarter.
Outlook
LyondellBasell said that it has witnessed signs of industry improvement in the first few weeks of April. Strong market sentiment is driving margins in its Olefins & Polyolefins - EAI segment, the company noted. Moreover, LyondellBasell is seeing volume improvement in its Olefins & Polyolefins – Americas unit. The company is also witnessing an improvement in the refining market with higher gasoline spreads and wider discounts for heavy sour crude oil.
The company noted that it will advance its growth strategy and boost earnings with a strong pipeline of licensing revenues for 2019 as well as the start-up of its world-scale HDPE plant in the third quarter.
Price Performance
Shares of LyondellBasell lost around 16.9% over the past year compared with the industry’s decline of 22.1%.
Zacks Rank & Key Picks
LyondellBasell currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Better-ranked stocks in the basic materials space include Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (SAND - Free Report) , Flexible Solutions International Inc. (FSI - Free Report) and W. R. Grace & Co. .
Sandstorm Gold has an expected earnings growth rate of 200% for the current year and carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). The company’s shares have gained around 11% over the past year. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Flexible Solutions has an expected earnings growth rate of 171.4% for the current year and carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Its shares have rallied roughly 92% in the past year.
W. R. Grace has an expected earnings growth rate of 10.4% for the current year and carries a Zacks Rank #2. Its shares have gained around 6% in the past year.
Zacks' Top 10 Stocks for 2019
In addition to the stocks discussed above, would you like to know about our 10 finest buy-and-holds for the year?
Who wouldn't? Our annual Top 10s have beaten the market with amazing regularity. In 2018, while the market dropped -5.2%, the portfolio scored well into double-digits overall with individual stocks rising as high as +61.5%. And from 2012-2017, while the market boomed +126.3, Zacks' Top 10s reached an even more sensational +181.9%.
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