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LyondellBasell's high dividend yield looks increasingly tenuous given the company's slumping earnings estimates. Management is making needed restructuring moves, but it will have to reinvest meaningful cash into new business lines. I see reinvesting in the business and paying down debt as potentially better uses of capital right now than maintaining the current dividend level.

The S&P 500 provides a meager 1.2% yield, besides a roller-coaster ride on a regular basis. It may be a reasonably good investment for younger investors when they are in their prime accumulation phase. If you are a retiree or someone who depends on a regular income stream from your investment portfolio, the last thing you want is to worry about when to sell shares to raise income. We will present a balanced and highly diversified 3-bucket portfolio that is likely to provide 5% to 6% income and market-beating growth with lower volatility and less drawdowns. It will also provide $5,000 on a monthly basis on a $1 million capital.

LyondellBasell (LYB) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Reversion to the mean. It's one of the most important investing principles.

LyondellBasell's profit margins have been in decline for nearly a decade if the impacts of COVID stimulus are removed. The competitive advantage LYB's North American operations once held has deteriorated through ever increasing ethane and LPG exports. The market is focused on capacity rationalizations in Europe, but there is plenty of new capacity coming online in the rest of the world.

HOUSTON, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced it has improved its climate change score from A-minus to A in CDP's 2024 assessment, placing the company in the leadership category for the second consecutive year. CDP is the world's leading environmental disclosure platform, used by investors and stakeholders to evaluate how companies manage climate-related risks, opportunities and performance.

A Wall Street maxim states, “Twenty percent of investors who want to make money are in stocks, while the other 80 percent who want to keep their money are in bonds.

LYB teams up with Polynt to launch low-carbon marine resins, blending high performance with sustainability goals.

My contrarian yield-based strategy spotlights high-yield 'ReFa/Ro Dogs' with analyst forecasts suggesting 19-33% net gains by June 2026. All top ten ReFa/Ro Dogs offer annual dividends from $1,000 invested that exceed their share prices, meeting my 'ideal' stock criteria. Caution: Fourteen of thirty-eight ReFa/Ro stocks show negative free cash flow margins, so dividend safety varies—focus on the thirteen 'safer' picks.

Value stocks are generally companies that trade at a price lower than their fundamental value or what their performance suggests they should be worth.