SIC 2860 Industrial Organic Chemicals

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. vs LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares Class A (Netherlands)

WatchlistIFF / LYBPrices through Oct 22, 2026

Why these are rivals: #1 and #2 by market value ($23B vs $21B) with SEC SIC 2860 (Industrial Organic Chemicals).

Rivals, but right now the price gap does not have a measured habit of closing, so there is no paper idea, whatever the gap.

  • Co-movement: daily return correlation, 252 sessions: -0.13 (needs >= 0.60)
  • Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -1.77 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
Business leadership

LYB is the larger business

Annual revenue reported to the SEC. Scale, not market share.

YearIFFLYBLarger
2025$10.9B$30.2BLYB
2024$11.5B$33.4BLYB
2023$11.5B$33.3BLYB
2022$12.4B$50.5BLYB
2021$11.7B$46.2BLYB
2020$5.1B$27.8BLYB

LYB led in every year with figures for both. Market value: IFF $23.2B, LYB $20.6B.

Stock leadership

IFF is ahead now

Measured against the pair's own last 252 trading days.

IFF leads LYB by 0.71 standard deviations: +12.1% over its usual price ratio. 2 lead switches in the last year.

Price change3 mo6 mo12 mo
IFF+23.6%+32.3%+44.3%
LYB+8.4%-7.6%+44.6%
Relationship

Not a measured twin today

Only these tests can make a pair tradable on paper.

Pass
Aligned sessions: 2521 (needs >= 254)
Fail
Co-movement: daily return correlation, 252 sessions: -0.13 (needs >= 0.60)
Fail
Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -1.77 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
Pass
Speed: half-life of the spread, sessions: 25.69 (needs <= 63)
Data
Both stocks current
The twins over two years

Prices side by side, and the gap between them

IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares Class A (Netherlands)Price index, 100 = 2024-10-18. Tint = which stock is ahead of the pair's usual 1-year relationship (z beyond +/-0.5).
6080100Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026IFF 90LYB 71
Spread z-score: IFF relative to LYB, against the 252 sessions before each day. Above 0: IFF ahead; below 0: LYB ahead. Lines at +/-2 (idea) and +/-4 (stop).
-4stop-2idea0+2idea+4stopOct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026
Data table (504 sessions)
DateIFF indexLYB indexzAhead
2026-10-2289.7971.45+0.71IFF ahead
2026-10-2187.1169.16+0.73IFF ahead
2026-10-2087.2869.91+0.67IFF ahead
2026-10-1987.0469.64+0.68IFF ahead
2026-10-1686.7869.96+0.64IFF ahead
2026-10-1586.4068.50+0.74IFF ahead
2026-10-1485.7466.86+0.85IFF ahead
2026-10-1384.4065.59+0.88IFF ahead
2026-10-1281.3064.94+0.71IFF ahead
2026-10-0980.9165.61+0.62IFF ahead
2026-10-0881.0065.95+0.60IFF ahead
2026-10-0780.4963.93+0.76IFF ahead
2026-10-0680.3164.41+0.70IFF ahead
2026-10-0579.6764.73+0.62IFF ahead
2026-10-0278.8764.03+0.63IFF ahead
2026-10-0179.5463.15+0.77IFF ahead
2026-09-3079.8962.82+0.84IFF ahead
2026-09-2981.5863.59+0.90IFF ahead
2026-09-2882.0363.69+0.93IFF ahead
2026-09-2582.0063.55+0.95IFF ahead
2026-09-2482.1565.78+0.75IFF ahead
2026-09-2382.0265.55+0.76IFF ahead
2026-09-2282.1064.75+0.85IFF ahead
2026-09-2180.0065.84+0.58IFF ahead
2026-09-1879.3967.69+0.36near the usual relationship
2026-09-1781.2570.23+0.28near the usual relationship
2026-09-1680.7770.94+0.17near the usual relationship
2026-09-1580.6171.52+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-09-1479.8468.59+0.32near the usual relationship
2026-09-1180.0169.61+0.24near the usual relationship
2026-09-1080.4370.28+0.22near the usual relationship
2026-09-0980.6870.51+0.22near the usual relationship
2026-09-0881.9370.60+0.31near the usual relationship
2026-09-0482.6369.43+0.47near the usual relationship
2026-09-0382.7470.78+0.36near the usual relationship
2026-09-0283.2072.76+0.22near the usual relationship
2026-09-0182.0971.23+0.28near the usual relationship
2026-08-3182.6171.13+0.33near the usual relationship
2026-08-2884.1669.59+0.59IFF ahead
2026-08-2783.1168.93+0.58IFF ahead
2026-08-2683.3768.44+0.65IFF ahead
2026-08-2583.4168.37+0.66IFF ahead
2026-08-2482.1171.26+0.30near the usual relationship
2026-08-2180.6573.81-0.04near the usual relationship
2026-08-2079.8074.43-0.17near the usual relationship
2026-08-1979.7472.20+0.03near the usual relationship
2026-08-1877.5171.41-0.08near the usual relationship
2026-08-1778.3170.75+0.04near the usual relationship
2026-08-1480.5669.69+0.32near the usual relationship
2026-08-1380.4468.20+0.45near the usual relationship
2026-08-1280.2468.64+0.39near the usual relationship
2026-08-1181.3469.93+0.36near the usual relationship
2026-08-1081.4368.48+0.51IFF ahead
2026-08-0782.1965.13+0.89IFF ahead
2026-08-0680.9167.15+0.59IFF ahead
2026-08-0584.2864.52+1.12IFF ahead
2026-08-0477.4166.79+0.35near the usual relationship
2026-08-0377.1166.26+0.38near the usual relationship
2026-07-3175.8167.85+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-07-3076.0666.06+0.31near the usual relationship
2026-07-2976.2066.12+0.32near the usual relationship
2026-07-2875.8463.64+0.54IFF ahead
2026-07-2773.1164.07+0.26near the usual relationship
2026-07-2472.6765.93+0.04near the usual relationship
2026-07-2370.5967.46-0.30near the usual relationship
2026-07-2273.8868.12-0.06near the usual relationship
2026-07-2172.9866.88-0.02near the usual relationship
2026-07-2073.9466.38+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-07-1774.8364.67+0.36near the usual relationship
2026-07-1674.2663.18+0.46near the usual relationship
2026-07-1572.0763.39+0.25near the usual relationship
2026-07-1471.4564.00+0.14near the usual relationship
2026-07-1371.8763.74+0.20near the usual relationship
2026-07-1074.1961.59+0.63IFF ahead
2026-07-0975.1560.54+0.83IFF ahead
2026-07-0875.5460.90+0.83IFF ahead
2026-07-0778.3159.68+1.20IFF ahead
2026-07-0679.2157.90+1.48IFF ahead
2026-07-0280.2258.32+1.53IFF ahead
2026-07-0177.6657.47+1.43IFF ahead
2026-06-3075.8157.55+1.27IFF ahead
2026-06-2973.2158.61+0.92IFF ahead
2026-06-2673.0660.91+0.66IFF ahead
2026-06-2571.8561.03+0.54IFF ahead
2026-06-2472.5661.34+0.57IFF ahead
2026-06-2371.4962.96+0.30near the usual relationship
2026-06-2272.6863.96+0.31near the usual relationship
2026-06-1873.4265.66+0.20near the usual relationship
2026-06-1772.7867.56-0.05near the usual relationship
2026-06-1674.5068.41+0.02near the usual relationship
2026-06-1574.9969.19-0.01near the usual relationship
2026-06-1274.9070.59-0.15near the usual relationship
2026-06-1174.1769.37-0.10near the usual relationship
2026-06-1071.0371.21-0.56LYB ahead
2026-06-0972.5269.56-0.28near the usual relationship
2026-06-0869.4770.42-0.65LYB ahead
2026-06-0569.8770.50-0.62LYB ahead
2026-06-0470.0872.34-0.78LYB ahead
2026-06-0370.3973.56-0.86LYB ahead
2026-06-0270.0973.57-0.90LYB ahead
2026-06-0171.0673.39-0.80LYB ahead
2026-05-2972.7872.85-0.60LYB ahead
2026-05-2874.6774.71-0.60LYB ahead
2026-05-2773.6873.96-0.62LYB ahead
2026-05-2672.6075.43-0.86LYB ahead
2026-05-2272.0476.21-0.98LYB ahead
2026-05-2172.0176.60-1.03LYB ahead
2026-05-2071.2277.93-1.23LYB ahead
2026-05-1968.8979.83-1.62LYB ahead
2026-05-1870.5381.03-1.58LYB ahead
2026-05-1569.9582.04-1.74LYB ahead
2026-05-1472.8180.09-1.31LYB ahead
2026-05-1374.1480.60-1.24LYB ahead
2026-05-1275.0981.22-1.22LYB ahead
2026-05-1175.3680.37-1.13LYB ahead
2026-05-0877.5678.43-0.77LYB ahead
2026-05-0774.8978.16-0.99LYB ahead
2026-05-0679.3680.31-0.79LYB ahead
2026-05-0567.7284.99-2.30LYB ahead
2026-05-0467.0783.11-2.24LYB ahead
2026-05-0167.7681.97-2.10LYB ahead
2026-04-3067.1881.54-2.15LYB ahead
2026-04-2965.9280.11-2.19LYB ahead
2026-04-2867.7278.13-1.84LYB ahead
2026-04-2767.9377.63-1.79LYB ahead
2026-04-2468.0876.37-1.67LYB ahead
2026-04-2367.8977.30-1.80LYB ahead
2026-04-2268.1178.70-1.93LYB ahead
2026-04-2169.3078.06-1.75LYB ahead
2026-04-2071.2374.96-1.25LYB ahead
2026-04-1772.6172.43-0.86LYB ahead
2026-04-1668.9682.29-2.23LYB ahead
2026-04-1568.4579.93-2.10LYB ahead
2026-04-1469.4680.06-2.02LYB ahead
2026-04-1368.6182.53-2.38LYB ahead
2026-04-1069.4080.58-2.13LYB ahead
2026-04-0969.9878.99-1.93LYB ahead
2026-04-0870.5981.12-2.10LYB ahead
2026-04-0766.9787.73-3.22LYB ahead
2026-04-0668.7485.93-2.88LYB ahead
2026-04-0269.3187.00-2.96LYB ahead
2026-04-0169.4483.85-2.67LYB ahead
2026-03-3169.4388.05-3.14LYB ahead
2026-03-3067.9090.04-3.61LYB ahead
2026-03-2767.9587.93-3.46LYB ahead
2026-03-2668.0984.95-3.19LYB ahead
2026-03-2567.6784.37-3.24LYB ahead
2026-03-2464.9883.08-3.55LYB ahead
2026-03-2365.2078.12-2.98LYB ahead
2026-03-2063.7580.14-3.50LYB ahead
2026-03-1965.2081.51-3.51LYB ahead
2026-03-1865.3782.19-3.65LYB ahead
2026-03-1768.2177.82-2.69LYB ahead
2026-03-1667.0777.69-2.88LYB ahead
2026-03-1366.6179.03-3.17LYB ahead
2026-03-1267.0081.24-3.46LYB ahead
2026-03-1165.7673.64-2.63LYB ahead
2026-03-1069.7171.71-1.73LYB ahead
2026-03-0970.0173.04-1.87LYB ahead
2026-03-0670.5973.35-1.82LYB ahead
2026-03-0572.1372.01-1.40LYB ahead
2026-03-0474.8267.68-0.36near the usual relationship
2026-03-0375.7563.62+0.41near the usual relationship
2026-03-0277.2763.26+0.68IFF ahead
2026-02-2778.6962.87+0.93IFF ahead
2026-02-2677.4561.54+0.99IFF ahead
2026-02-2576.4462.03+0.79IFF ahead
2026-02-2478.5763.74+0.79IFF ahead
2026-02-2378.7061.93+1.10IFF ahead
2026-02-2077.8961.94+1.00IFF ahead
2026-02-1978.1160.48+1.27IFF ahead
2026-02-1879.3961.18+1.33IFF ahead
2026-02-1779.1861.19+1.31IFF ahead
2026-02-1379.4362.97+1.07IFF ahead
2026-02-1277.9963.15+0.87IFF ahead
2026-02-1173.6665.00+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-02-1073.4563.02+0.32near the usual relationship
2026-02-0971.9460.63+0.50IFF ahead
2026-02-0671.6060.23+0.53IFF ahead
2026-02-0570.2758.89+0.57IFF ahead
2026-02-0471.0962.41+0.13near the usual relationship
2026-02-0367.3558.42+0.25near the usual relationship
2026-02-0266.7554.92+0.75IFF ahead
2026-01-3066.8053.56+1.01IFF ahead
2026-01-2966.6054.60+0.80IFF ahead
2026-01-2869.0555.16+1.05IFF ahead
2026-01-2770.0655.12+1.21IFF ahead
2026-01-2670.8455.59+1.24IFF ahead
2026-01-2370.0855.73+1.12IFF ahead
2026-01-2269.0556.33+0.89IFF ahead
2026-01-2168.2356.64+0.74IFF ahead
2026-01-2067.8153.40+1.24IFF ahead
2026-01-1668.5955.65+0.97IFF ahead
2026-01-1567.7855.61+0.87IFF ahead
2026-01-1467.1656.84+0.59IFF ahead
2026-01-1366.6153.20+1.13IFF ahead
2026-01-1265.9952.68+1.15IFF ahead
2026-01-0966.1253.24+1.08IFF ahead
2026-01-0865.6352.07+1.22IFF ahead
2026-01-0764.4049.09+1.61IFF ahead
2026-01-0665.9050.50+1.57IFF ahead
2026-01-0564.0849.83+1.45IFF ahead
2026-01-0265.1048.52+1.87IFF ahead
2025-12-3164.4947.33+2.04IFF ahead
2025-12-3065.0047.72+2.06IFF ahead
2025-12-2964.8447.49+2.11IFF ahead
2025-12-2664.5647.27+2.14IFF ahead
2025-12-2464.0446.86+2.18IFF ahead
2025-12-2363.5146.62+2.17IFF ahead
2025-12-2263.7047.66+2.01IFF ahead
2025-12-1962.9447.10+2.03IFF ahead
2025-12-1862.5947.07+2.01IFF ahead
2025-12-1762.7947.83+1.90IFF ahead
2025-12-1661.8046.98+1.95IFF ahead
2025-12-1561.4147.37+1.82IFF ahead
2025-12-1260.5448.52+1.44IFF ahead
2025-12-1160.5349.31+1.28IFF ahead
2025-12-1062.5749.44+1.61IFF ahead
2025-12-0961.7646.76+2.08IFF ahead
2025-12-0862.5546.21+2.37IFF ahead
2025-12-0564.2947.38+2.43IFF ahead
2025-12-0463.6347.17+2.40IFF ahead
2025-12-0364.2350.31+1.83IFF ahead
2025-12-0265.5952.22+1.68IFF ahead
2025-12-0166.2952.38+1.78IFF ahead
2025-11-2866.4953.55+1.58IFF ahead
2025-11-2666.7852.92+1.77IFF ahead
2025-11-2566.2251.38+2.03IFF ahead
2025-11-2464.5549.58+2.16IFF ahead
2025-11-2164.5548.97+2.33IFF ahead
2025-11-2061.7846.51+2.44IFF ahead
2025-11-1962.3346.74+2.52IFF ahead
2025-11-1863.1647.81+2.45IFF ahead
2025-11-1762.3347.61+2.38IFF ahead
2025-11-1463.0449.51+2.09IFF ahead
2025-11-1364.5349.75+2.33IFF ahead
2025-11-1262.5947.34+2.59IFF ahead
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2025-11-1060.0846.75+2.32IFF ahead
2025-11-0759.3347.02+2.13IFF ahead
2025-11-0660.1446.32+2.51IFF ahead
2025-11-0561.2448.06+2.32IFF ahead
2025-11-0458.8448.57+1.73IFF ahead
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2025-10-3160.2650.74+1.51IFF ahead
2025-10-3060.4149.40+1.89IFF ahead
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2025-10-2762.4853.66+1.33IFF ahead
2025-10-2463.0752.02+1.85IFF ahead
2025-10-2362.9451.16+2.06IFF ahead
2025-10-2262.0349.40+2.35IFF ahead
2025-10-2162.2149.42+2.43IFF ahead
2025-10-2061.8649.86+2.27IFF ahead
2025-10-1761.0050.49+1.95IFF ahead
2025-10-1659.9050.13+1.83IFF ahead
2025-10-1559.2651.11+1.44IFF ahead
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2025-10-0957.5652.10+0.84IFF ahead
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2025-09-2658.1154.05+0.54IFF ahead
2025-09-2557.7053.54+0.58IFF ahead
2025-09-2459.8556.15+0.44near the usual relationship
2025-09-2359.7055.06+0.67IFF ahead
2025-09-2259.5255.85+0.45near the usual relationship
2025-09-1960.7956.85+0.50IFF ahead
2025-09-1861.0057.59+0.38near the usual relationship
2025-09-1760.6158.50+0.10near the usual relationship
2025-09-1661.7457.55+0.55IFF ahead
2025-09-1561.6057.47+0.54IFF ahead
2025-09-1262.7960.36+0.17near the usual relationship
2025-09-1163.4960.63+0.25near the usual relationship
2025-09-1061.7059.46+0.14near the usual relationship
2025-09-0962.2759.45+0.26near the usual relationship
2025-09-0863.3259.71+0.43near the usual relationship
2025-09-0563.1960.20+0.30near the usual relationship
2025-09-0462.7159.35+0.39near the usual relationship
2025-09-0362.8859.23+0.46near the usual relationship
2025-09-0263.6861.03+0.24near the usual relationship
2025-08-2964.6061.59+0.32near the usual relationship
2025-08-2864.2161.06+0.35near the usual relationship
2025-08-2763.9061.51+0.21near the usual relationship
2025-08-2663.8561.86+0.13near the usual relationship
2025-08-2564.2562.36+0.12near the usual relationship
2025-08-2265.0564.24-0.09near the usual relationship
2025-08-2163.2860.63+0.29near the usual relationship
2025-08-2063.2660.48+0.32near the usual relationship
2025-08-1963.0058.83+0.61IFF ahead
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2025-07-2472.6166.35+1.03IFF ahead
2025-07-2374.1273.47+0.09near the usual relationship
2025-07-2273.6371.49+0.33near the usual relationship
2025-07-2172.9768.48+0.73IFF ahead
2025-07-1872.7369.09+0.60IFF ahead
2025-07-1771.8069.19+0.44near the usual relationship
2025-07-1671.0268.23+0.48near the usual relationship
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2025-07-1073.3271.40+0.35near the usual relationship
2025-07-0973.2570.87+0.43near the usual relationship
2025-07-0872.9069.63+0.58IFF ahead
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2025-03-2474.1978.65+0.43near the usual relationship
2025-03-2174.4978.21+0.53IFF ahead
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2025-03-1877.3382.07+0.44near the usual relationship
2025-03-1778.5182.14+0.59IFF ahead
2025-03-1476.2281.05+0.44near the usual relationship
2025-03-1375.7679.36+0.59IFF ahead
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2025-03-1176.4480.84+0.51IFF ahead
2025-03-1076.8783.66+0.25near the usual relationship
2025-03-0778.9784.71+0.39near the usual relationship
2025-03-0678.5382.97+0.53IFF ahead
2025-03-0577.7583.30+0.42near the usual relationship
2025-03-0476.3580.30+0.58IFF ahead
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2025-02-2878.2983.98+0.43near the usual relationship
2025-02-2777.5583.06+0.45near the usual relationship
2025-02-2677.1083.29+0.38near the usual relationship
2025-02-2576.8284.85+0.20near the usual relationship
2025-02-2476.1884.50+0.18near the usual relationship
2025-02-2176.4584.12+0.25near the usual relationship
2025-02-2076.6984.83+0.21near the usual relationship
2025-02-1978.4684.71+0.41near the usual relationship
2025-02-1882.7385.50+0.77IFF ahead
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2024-10-18100.00100.00+1.84IFF ahead

One-day company-specific moves (4+ standard deviations, which block ideas for 10 sessions): Apr 10, 2025 (IFF -2.2%, LYB -9.2%); Jul 24, 2025 (IFF -2.0%, LYB -9.7%); Mar 5, 2026 (IFF -3.6%, LYB +6.4%); Apr 8, 2026 (IFF +5.4%, LYB -7.5%); Apr 17, 2026 (IFF +5.3%, LYB -12.0%); May 6, 2026 (IFF +17.2%, LYB -5.5%). Upcoming earnings: LYB Oct 30, 2026 (pre-market); IFF Nov 3, 2026 (after-hours).

Paired trades

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Forward paper record

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Historical simulation (a diagnostic, same rules)

No simulated trade through Oct 20, 2026: the pair rarely passed every test while 2 standard deviations apart.

Per $10,000 a leg. A replay on today's companies cannot prove an edge.

The companies

IFF and LYB at a glance

IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

Listing
NYSE · SEC CIK 51253
Industry
Major Chemicals · SIC 2860 Industrial Organic Chemicals
Market value
$23.2B
Price history
2,521 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Oct 22, 2026

LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares Class A (Netherlands)

Listing
NYSE · SEC CIK 1489393
Industry
Major Chemicals · SIC 2860 Industrial Organic Chemicals
Market value
$20.6B
Price history
2,521 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Oct 22, 2026

Daily prices: Nasdaq.com. Filings and industry codes: SEC EDGAR. Earnings dates: Nasdaq earnings calendar.

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