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, May 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 13th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, June 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 10th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback 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 reacquire up to 6.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 2nd. The basic materials company reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.30. The basic materials company earned $3.50 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.37 billion. United States Steel had a return on equity of 24.72% and a net margin of 7.92%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.32 EPS. View United States Steel's Earnings History.

United States Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United States Steel.

14 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for United States Steel's shares. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate United States Steel's share price to reach $21.2731 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 56.1% 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 3 sell ratings, 8 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 on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press 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 effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Some companies that are related to United States Steel include 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), Titan International (TWI), Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP), Mechel PAO (MTL), Ossen Innovation (OSN) and China Precision Steel (CPSL).

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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. (9.62%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.46%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.10%), Morgan Stanley (1.05%), Northern Trust Corp (0.81%) and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec (0.78%). Company insiders that own United States Steel stock include Christine S Breves, Colleen M Darragh, David B Burritt, David J Rintoul, 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 Morgan Stanley, AQR Capital Management LLC, Natixis, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Neuburgh Advisers LLC, Hodges Capital Management Inc., Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC and Riverhead Capital Management LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, BlackRock Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Acadian Asset Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Pennsylvania Trust Co. Company insiders that have bought United States Steel stock in the last two years include Eugene Sperling, Kevin Bradley, Murry Gerber 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 $13.63.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $2.35 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]