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

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

United States Steel declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 12th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, November 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 6.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The basic materials company reported ($0.21) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.29) by $0.08. The basic materials company earned $3.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.04 billion. United States Steel had a net margin of 4.56% and a return on equity of 10.57%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 17.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.79 earnings per share. View United States Steel's Earnings History.

United States Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United States Steel.

United States Steel updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Friday, December, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of ($1.15) for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of ($0.55).

18 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for United States Steel's stock. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate United States Steel's stock price to reach $14.01 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United States Steel.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United States Steel in the last year. There are currently 8 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United States Steel.

Headlines about X stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for United States Steel.

United States Steel saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 53,930,000 shares, a decline of 5.4% from the December 15th total of 57,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 15,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 32.1% of the company's stock are short sold. View United States Steel's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United States Steel include Nucor (NUE), Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Commercial Metals (CMC), Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Worthington Industries (WOR), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), AK Steel (AKS), Schnitzer Steel Industries (SCHN), Haynes International (HAYN), Olympic Steel (ZEUS) and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP).

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United States Steel's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.04%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.04%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Beech Hill Advisors Inc. (0.01%) and Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own United States Steel stock include Christine S Breves, David B Burritt, David J Rintoul, James E Bruno, Kevin Bradley, Michael H Mcgarry, 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Beech Hill Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for United States Steel.

X stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Global Management LLC and Wedbush Securities Inc.. Company insiders that have bought United States Steel stock in the last two years include Kevin Bradley, Michael H Mcgarry 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of X stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.50.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $1.79 billion and generates $14.18 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.36 on an earnings per share basis. United States Steel employs 29,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About United States Steel.

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]