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 Thursday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 9th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

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

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) released its earnings results on Friday, November, 2nd. The basic materials company reported $1.79 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.06. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.67 billion. United States Steel had a return on equity of 21.69% and a net margin of 5.01%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.92 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 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United States Steel.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for United States Steel's shares. Their predictions range from $21.15 to $69.00. On average, they expect United States Steel's stock price to reach $34.97 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 68.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United States Steel.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United States Steel in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United States Steel.

News articles about X stock have been trending very positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a media sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

United States Steel saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,846,281 shares, a decrease of 29.3% from the December 14th total of 16,759,219 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,439,561 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 6.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View United States Steel's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United States Steel include Tenaris (TS), 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 (SXC), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Timkensteel (TMST), Mechel PAO (MTL), Titan International (TWI) and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP).

United States Steel's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.13%), Longer Investments Inc. (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Oakbrook Investments LLC (0.01%) and Sippican Capital Advisors (0.01%). 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 Sippican Capital Advisors, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold United States Steel company stock in the last year include Christine S Breves, David B Burritt, David J Rintoul, James E Bruno, Paul Anthony Mascarenas, Pipasu H Soni, Richard Fruehauf and Sara A Greenstein. View Insider Buying and Selling for United States Steel.

X stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Longer Investments Inc. and Retirement Systems of Alabama. 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 $20.74.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $3.68 billion and generates $12.25 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $387 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.94 on an earnings per share basis. United States Steel employs 29,200 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]