United States Steel Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:X)

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, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, September 10th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 13th. View United States Steel's Dividend History.

United States Steel declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, November 1st 2018, which allows the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 6.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.05. The basic materials company earned $3.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.43 billion. United States Steel had a net margin of 6.95% and a return on equity of 19.27%. The business's revenue was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.46 EPS. View United States Steel's Earnings History.

United States Steel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 31st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United States Steel.

United States Steel will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31st 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 issued an update on its third quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $-0.55--0.49 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.04-3.075 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.02 billion.

18 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for United States Steel's shares. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect United States Steel's share price to reach $16.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United States Steel.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United States Steel in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 4 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 trended very negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United States Steel earned a news impact score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for United States Steel.

United States Steel saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 47,860,000 shares, a drop of 7.5% from the August 15th total of 51,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 12,200,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 28.3% 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 Steel Dynamics (STLD), Ternium (TX), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Commercial Metals (CMC), APERAM/SH N Y REGISTRY SH (APEMY), USINAS SIDERURG/S (USNZY), AK Steel (AKS), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Mechel PAO (MTL), Timkensteel (TMST), Titan International (TWI), Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (USAP) and Ossen Innovation (OSN).

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United States Steel's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.17%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.14%), Exane Derivatives (0.04%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.04%), Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own United States Steel stock include Christine S Breves, Colleen M Darragh, David B Burritt, David J Rintoul, James E Bruno, Kevin Bradley, 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 Pacer Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for United States Steel.

X stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Exane Derivatives, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC, NuWave Investment Management LLC, Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC, Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC and Wedbush Securities Inc.. Company insiders that have bought United States Steel stock in the last two years include Kevin Bradley 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 $10.72.

United States Steel has a market capitalization of $1.83 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]