NYSE:X - United States Steel Stock Price, News, & Analysis

United States Steel trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "X."

United States Steel declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, August 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 8th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 1st. The basic materials company reported $1.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.33. The basic materials company earned $3.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.47 billion. United States Steel had a net margin of 4.09% and a return on equity of 18.70%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 14.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.07 earnings per share. View United States Steel's Earnings History.

United States Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for United States Steel.

14 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for United States Steel's stock. Their predictions range from $18.55 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate United States Steel's stock price to reach $42.2536 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United States Steel.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United States Steel in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United States Steel.

United States Steel saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 12,667,329 shares, an increase of 50.1% from the July 31st total of 8,438,844 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 12,097,942 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 7.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View United States Steel's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United States Steel include Nucor (NUE), Tenaris (TS), Steel Dynamics (STLD), EVRAZ (EVRZF), Ternium (TX), APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Commercial Metals (CMC), AK Steel (AKS), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), SunCoke Energy (SXC), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Timkensteel (TMST), Mechel PAO (MTL) and Titan International (TWI).

United States Steel's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.65%), Luminus Management LLC (1.41%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.14%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.13%), Morgan Stanley (0.99%) and Pelham Capital Ltd. (0.82%). Company insiders that own United States Steel stock include Christine S Breves, Colleen M Darragh, David B Burritt, David J Rintoul, David Sutherland, Eugene Sperling, James E Bruno, Kevin Bradley, Mario Longhi Filho, Murry Gerber, Paul Anthony Mascarenas, Pipasu H Soni, Richard Fruehauf, Sara A Greenstein and Stephen J Girsky. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United States Steel.

X stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PointState Capital LP, FMR LLC, Highland Capital Management LP, Morgan Stanley, Jennison Associates LLC, Hodges Capital Management Inc., Creative Planning and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold United States Steel company stock in the last year include Christine S Breves, Colleen M Darragh, David B Burritt, David J Rintoul, Paul Anthony Mascarenas, Pipasu H Soni, Richard Fruehauf and Sara A Greenstein. View Insider Buying and Selling for United States Steel.

X stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nomura Holdings Inc., Pelham Capital Ltd., Luminus Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, LSV Asset Management, GSA Capital Partners LLP and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have bought United States Steel stock in the last two years include David Sutherland, Eugene Sperling, Kevin Bradley, Murry Gerber, Paul Anthony Mascarenas and Stephen J Girsky. View Insider Buying and Selling for United States Steel.

Shares of X can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of X stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.21.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $5.16 billion and generates $12.25 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $387 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.94 on an earnings per share basis. United States Steel employs 29,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for United States Steel is http://www.ussteel.com.

United States Steel's mailing address is 600 GRANT STREET, PITTSBURGH PA, 15219. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 412-433-1121 or via email at [email protected]