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

Company Overview

United States Steel Corporation produces and sells flat-rolled and tubular steel products primarily in North America and Europe. The company operates through North American Flat-Rolled (Flat-Rolled), Mini Mill, U. S. Steel Europe (USSE), and Tubular Products (Tubular) segments. The Flat-Rolled segment offers slabs, strip mill plates, sheets, and tin mill products, as well as iron ore and coke. This segment serves customers in the service center, conversion, transportation, automotive, construction, container, appliance, and electrical markets. The Mini Mill segment provides hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and coated sheets and electrical steel products. This segment serves customers in the automotive, construction, pipe and tube, sheet converter, electrical, solar industrial equipment, and service center markets. The USSE segment provides slabs, strip mill plates, sheets, tin mill products, and spiral welded pipes. This segment serves customers in the construction, container, appliance and electrical, service center, conversion, oil, gas, and petrochemical markets. The Tubular segment offers seamless and electric resistance welded steel casing and tubing products, as well as standard and line pipe and mechanical tubing products primarily to customers in the oil, gas, and petrochemical markets. It also engages in the real estate business. United States Steel Corporation was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $35.01 to $35.53
• 50-Day Range: $29.39 to $42.28
• 52-Week Range: $26.92 to $50.20
• Volume: 2.77 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.54 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.98 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.40
• Dividend Yield: 0.56%
• Price Target: $40.62
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

United States Steel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

United States Steel scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 29th out of 193 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

United States Steel has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.70, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

United States Steel has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 18.81%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for United States Steel are expected to grow by 18.81% in the coming year, from $2.18 to $2.59 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of United States Steel is 10.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.81.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of United States Steel is 10.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 120.45.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

United States Steel has a P/B Ratio of 0.71. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.57% of the float of United States Steel has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

United States Steel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in United States Steel has recently increased by 19.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

United States Steel has a dividend yield of 0.57%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

United States Steel does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of United States Steel is 5.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, United States Steel will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.72% next year. This indicates that United States Steel will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -4.31

Percentage of Shares Shorted

10.57% of the float of United States Steel has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

United States Steel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in United States Steel has recently increased by 19.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.22

News Sentiment

United States Steel has a news sentiment score of 1.22. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for United States Steel this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

44 people have searched for X on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added United States Steel to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 80% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, United States Steel insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.98% of the stock of United States Steel is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

81.92% of the stock of United States Steel is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

X Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have X shares performed this year?

United States Steel's stock was trading at $48.65 at the start of the year. Since then, X stock has decreased by 27.1% and is now trading at $35.47.
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How were United States Steel's earnings last quarter?

United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) posted its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.84 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.12. The business's revenue was down 17.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Who are United States Steel's major shareholders?

United States Steel's top institutional investors include Handelsbanken Fonder AB (0.02%) and SG Americas Securities LLC. Insiders that own company stock include David B Burritt, Christine S Breves, Scott D Buckiso, Duane D Holloway, Daniel R Brown, Kenneth E Jaycox, Richard Fruehauf, James E Bruno, Manpreet Grewal, Alicia J Davis and Andrea J Ayers.
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How do I buy shares of United States Steel?

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What other stocks do shareholders of United States Steel own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that United States Steel investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of America (BAC), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Tesla (TSLA) and Ford Motor (F).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/01/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 9/11 Dividend: 8/12/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/11/2024
• Today: 10/06/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/24/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Blast furnaces & steel mills
• Sub-Industry: Steel
• Current Symbol: NYSE:X
• CUSIP: 91290910
• CIK: 1163302
• Web: www.ussteel.com
• Phone: (412) 433-1121
• Fax: 302-674-5266
• Employees: 21,803
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $40.62
• High Stock Price Target: $49.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $31.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.70
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.41
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.40
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.27
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $895 million
• Net Margins: 3.40%
• Pretax Margin: 3.70%
• Return on Equity: 7.93%
• Return on Assets: 4.37%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.36
• Current Ratio: 1.72
• Quick Ratio: 1.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $16.85 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.47
• Cash Flow: $9.46 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.75
• Book Value: $49.79 per share
• Price / Book: 0.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 224,850,000
• Free Float: 222,646,000
• Market Cap: $7.98 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.87