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 paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 12th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, November 1st 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 6.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The basic materials company reported ($0.21) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.29) by $0.08. The basic materials company earned $3.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.04 billion. United States Steel had a return on equity of 10.57% and a net margin of 4.56%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 17.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.79 EPS. 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 issued an update on 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 earnings per share estimate of ($0.55).

18 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for United States Steel's stock. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect United States Steel's share price to reach $14.01 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.0% 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.

News stories about X stock have been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for United States Steel.

United States Steel saw a decline in short interest in 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 trading volume of 15,390,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 32.1% of the company's shares 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), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Worthington Industries (WOR), 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.04%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) 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 Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $10.46.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $1.78 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]