Lorne Zeiler
LyondellBasell Industries
LYB-N
TOP PICK
Jul 29, 2016
Basically a manufacturer, designer and technology company around plastics and polymers. They also have a refining division. Valuation is really cheap. The company did quite well, particularly when there was a disparity between oil and gas. Trading at about 7X forward earnings. He anticipates earnings to be on a declining scale in 2016, but likely to stabilize in 2017. Dividend yield of 4.52%.
A petrochemical company. They're vertically integrated and in many markets. They're winning business with strong earnings. The street is neutral on this, but this could be a commodity-uptick play. Decent yield of 3.78%. (Analysts' price target $117.89)
He owned this stock for a number of years. Petro-chemical company. Free cash flow is fabulous. The space seems to not be going. He can;t figure it out. They still produce the dividend.
(A Top Pick Apr 30/18, Down 11%) One of the largest and best-known chemical companies in the world. They are under pressure. It has a decent yield. Probably something he would be interested to get back into.
Boring, since it's a chemical company, but it trades at 5x this year's earnings and pays a 4.7% dividend yield. Offers fine cash flow and management. It's cheap and undervalued.
Challenge with industrials in the chemicals space is that they tend to be the canaries in the coal mine for weakening economic times. Fair bit of volatility this year. At this point, doesn't make sense to own.
The best time to buy this is right now, at the start of rate-cutting, which will boost housing and products associating with home-building like appliances and carpets which require chemicals. Also, China's stimulus is a boost to cyclicals levered to China's economy.
Basically a manufacturer, designer and technology company around plastics and polymers. They also have a refining division. Valuation is really cheap. The company did quite well, particularly when there was a disparity between oil and gas. Trading at about 7X forward earnings. He anticipates earnings to be on a declining scale in 2016, but likely to stabilize in 2017. Dividend yield of 4.52%.