LYB dividend analysis

LYB dividend deep dive

LYB dividend ledger: $8.02/share, 6.80% yield, 38% earnings payout, 5.8% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 29 years.

LYB dividend safety: 48/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (43/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 38% payout. Risk pillar reads 10/100 alongside.

LYB DRIP scenario at $118.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 41.5%, 10-year ≈ 100.3%, 20-year ≈ 301.3% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for LYB (yield 6.80%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so LYB sits above the cohort by 3.67 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for LYB: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $2.005 per share, the annualized total works out to $8.02 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

LYB closes the loop with a 6.80% / 5.8% / 48/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 38% payout.