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 announced 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 1.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 8th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, November 1st 2018, which permits the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) issued its earnings results on Friday, November, 2nd. The basic materials company reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 21.69% and a net margin of 5.01%. United States Steel's revenue was up 14.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for United States Steel's stock. Their predictions range from $22.00 to $69.00. On average, they expect United States Steel's stock price to reach $40.0714 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 100.2% 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, 6 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 somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

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), 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), Titan International (TWI) and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP).

United States Steel's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.15%), Vanguard Group Inc (9.15%), BlackRock Inc. (8.93%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.78%), Luminus Management LLC (1.89%) and Amerigo Asset Management (1.86%). 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 Amerigo Asset Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, Caxton Associates LP and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC. 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, 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 Pelham Capital Ltd., Luminus Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Bridgewater Associates LP, Ashler Capital LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Hodges Capital Management Inc. and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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 $20.02.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $3.58 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]