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 paid 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 0.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel announced that its board 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 buy up to 6.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November, 2nd. The basic materials company reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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 business's revenue for the quarter was up 14.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.92 EPS. 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.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for United States Steel's stock. Their predictions range from $18.55 to $69.00. On average, they anticipate United States Steel's share price to reach $39.6367 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United States Steel.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United States Steel in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United States Steel.

Headlines about X stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

United States Steel saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,073,391 shares, an increase of 48.6% from the October 15th total of 10,141,826 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,255,173 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 8.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View United States Steel's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United States Steel include SUMITOMO Corp/S (SSUMY), Tenaris (TS), EVRAZ (EVRZF), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Ternium (TX), APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), Commercial Metals (CMC), Carpenter Technology (CRS), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), AK Steel (AKS), SunCoke Energy (SXC), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP), Mechel PAO (MTL), Timkensteel (TMST) and Titan International (TWI).

United States Steel's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.93%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.78%), Luminus Management LLC (1.89%), Amerigo Asset Management (1.86%), Pelham Capital Ltd. (1.80%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.13%). 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, Mario Longhi Filho, 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 Amerigo Asset Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, Caxton Associates LP, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold United States Steel company stock in the last year include Christine S Breves, Colleen M Darragh, David B Burritt, David J Rintoul, Paul Anthony Mascarenas, Pipasu H Soni, Richard Fruehauf 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 Pelham Capital Ltd., Luminus Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Bridgewater Associates LP, Ashler Capital LLC, Hodges Capital Management Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Gifford Fong Associates. 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 $27.72.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $4.83 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]