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

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, August 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, September 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 13th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase 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 reacquire up to 6.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.05. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.43 billion. United States Steel had a return on equity of 19.27% and a net margin of 6.95%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.46 earnings per share. View United States Steel's Earnings History.

United States Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United States Steel.

United States Steel will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

United States Steel updated its third quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $-0.55--0.49 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.04-3.075 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.02 billion.

19 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives 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 $16.55 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 47.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United States Steel.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United States Steel in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United States Steel.

News headlines about X stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United States Steel.

United States Steel saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 47,860,000 shares, a drop of 7.5% from the August 15th total of 51,730,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 28.3% 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), Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Commercial Metals (CMC), 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 a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.17%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.14%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.05%), Exane Derivatives (0.04%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%) and Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.03%). Company insiders that own United States Steel stock include Christine S Breves, Colleen M Darragh, David B Burritt, David J Rintoul, James E Bruno, Kevin Bradley, 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 Pacer Advisors Inc. and State of Michigan Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for United States Steel.

X stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Exane Derivatives, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC, NuWave Investment Management LLC, Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC and Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC. Company insiders that have bought United States Steel stock in the last two years include Kevin Bradley 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 $11.22.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $1.92 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]