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, January 30th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, March 8th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 12th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan 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 plans 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 results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The basic materials company reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.69 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.77 billion. United States Steel had a return on equity of 25.39% and a net margin of 7.86%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 17.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.76 EPS. View United States Steel's Earnings History.

United States Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United States Steel.

14 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for United States Steel's stock. Their predictions range from $6.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect United States Steel's share price to reach $26.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.8% 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 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United States Steel.

News coverage about X stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a daily sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the basic materials company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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

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United States Steel's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.87%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.74%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.29%), Norges Bank (1.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.04%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.06%). 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, 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 Hodges Capital Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United States Steel company stock in the last year include James E Bruno 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 Norges Bank, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Two Sigma Advisers LP, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, KBC Group NV, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and LSV Asset Management. 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 $20.30.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $3.52 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.

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]