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. Investors 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 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 8th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Thursday, November 1st 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is 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 analysts' consensus estimates of $1.73 by $0.06. The basic materials company earned $3.73 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.67 billion. United States Steel had a net margin of 5.01% and a return on equity of 21.69%. The firm's revenue was up 14.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business 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.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for United States Steel's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.40 to $69.00. On average, they expect United States Steel's share price to reach $35.9571 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 67.2% 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 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United States Steel.

Media stories about X stock have been trending positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a media sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

United States Steel saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,846,281 shares, a decline 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 presently 1.4 days. Currently, 6.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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), Mechel PAO (MTL), Timkensteel (TMST), Titan International (TWI) and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP).

United States Steel's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.13%), 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 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 $21.50.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $3.66 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]