NYSE:XUnited States Steel Stock Price, Forecast & News

United States Steel's stock was trading at $5.99 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, X stock has increased by 21.9% and is now trading at $7.30. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United States Steel in the last year. There are currently 7 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for United States Steel.

United States Steel is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for United States Steel.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The basic materials company reported ($0.73) EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.80) by $0.07. The basic materials company earned $2.75 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.79 billion. United States Steel had a negative return on equity of 4.63% and a negative net margin of 8.92%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 21.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.47 EPS. View United States Steel's earnings history.

United States Steel declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Wednesday, June 10th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View United States Steel's dividend history.

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

United States Steel updated its second quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, June, 17th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -3.06--3.06 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $-1.75.

15 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for United States Steel's shares. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $10.50. On average, they anticipate United States Steel's share price to reach $8.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for United States Steel.

Media coverage about X stock has been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 next few days. View the latest news about United States Steel.

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

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

United States Steel's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), Exane Derivatives (0.01%), NuWave Investment Management LLC (0.01%) and FNY Investment Advisers LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own United States Steel stock include James E Bruno, Kevin Bradley, Michael H Mcgarry 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 Exane Derivatives, NuWave Investment Management LLC, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for United States Steel.

X stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, and FNY Investment Advisers LLC. 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 activity for United States Steel.

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One share of X stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.30.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $1.24 billion and generates $12.94 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-630,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.09 on an earnings per share basis. United States Steel employs 27,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for United States Steel is 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]