In the last trading session, 42.78 million shares of the United States Steel Corp (NYSE:X) were traded, and its beta was 1.85. Most recently the company’s share price was $53.04, and it changed around $1.03 or 1.98% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $12.01B. X currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $54.00, offering almost -1.81% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $26.92, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 49.25% since then. We note from United States Steel Corp’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 13.88 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 6.94 million.
United States Steel Corp stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.90. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 9 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 5 recommended X as a Hold, whereas 2 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
United States Steel Corp (NYSE:X) trade information
Instantly X has showed a green trend with a performance of 1.98% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 54.00 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 1.78%. The company’s shares are currently up 56.05% year-to-date, but still up 27.44% over the last five days. On the other hand, United States Steel Corp (NYSE:X) is 24.27% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 18.07 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.27 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $43, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -23.35% from its current value. Analyst projections state that X is forecast to be at a low of $43 and a high of $43.
United States Steel Corp earnings are expected to increase by -11.51% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 20.77% per year for the next five years.
X Dividends
United States Steel Corp’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Apr-30. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 0.38 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.20. It is important to note, however, that the 0.38% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 0.59 per year.
United States Steel Corp (NYSE:X)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 1.21% of United States Steel Corp shares, and 102.91% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 104.17%. United States Steel Corp stock is held by 656.0 institutions, with BLACKROCK INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 10.4114% of the shares, which is about 23.41 million shares worth $885.07 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 9.0883% or 20.44 million shares worth $772.59 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Apr 30, 2025 . The former held 7.29 shares worth $386.69 million, making up 3.22% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held roughly 6.36 shares worth around $337.57 million, which represents about 2.81% of the total shares outstanding.
