NYSE:X - United States Steel Stock Price, Forecast & News

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, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, December 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.10%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 12th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Thursday, November 1st 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $300,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 6.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The basic materials company reported ($0.21) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.29) by $0.08. The basic materials company had revenue of $3.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.04 billion. United States Steel had a net margin of 4.56% and a return on equity of 10.57%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 17.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.79 earnings per share. View United States Steel's Earnings History.

United States Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United States Steel.

United States Steel will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

United States Steel updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Friday, December, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of ($1.15) for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of ($0.55).

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for United States Steel's shares. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect United States Steel's stock price to reach $12.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.5% 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 8 sell ratings, 5 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 negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a media sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for United States Steel.

United States Steel saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 53,930,000 shares, a decrease of 5.4% from the December 15th total of 57,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 15,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Approximately 32.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View United States Steel's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United States Steel include Nucor (NUE), Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Commercial Metals (CMC), Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Worthington Industries (WOR), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), AK Steel (AKS), Schnitzer Steel Industries (SCHN), Haynes International (HAYN), Olympic Steel (ZEUS) and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP).

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United States Steel's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.22%), Exane Derivatives (0.06%), Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.04%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.04%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own United States Steel stock include Christine S Breves, David B Burritt, James E Bruno, Kevin Bradley, Michael H Mcgarry, 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Bell & Brown Wealth Advisors LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Beech Hill Advisors Inc. and Mechanics Bank Trust Department. View Insider Buying and Selling for United States Steel.

X stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Alpine Global Management LLC, Exane Derivatives, Wedbush Securities Inc. and Global Retirement Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought United States Steel stock in the last two years include Kevin Bradley, Michael H Mcgarry 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of X stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.52.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $1.62 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.View Additional Information About United States Steel.

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]