United States Steel Corp (NYSE:X) traded at $36.33 at close of the session on Tuesday, January 28 and made a downward move of -1.33% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $36.82 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.861 with the day’s price range being $36.21 – $37.0. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 23.76. In terms of its 52-week price range, X has a high of $48.41 and a low of $26.92. The company’s stock has gained about 13.64% over that past 30 days.
United States Steel Corp has a market cap of $8.18 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February. With its Forward Dividend at 0.20 and a yield of 0.55%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the X stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the X stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Sell, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 50% Sell.
Based on estimates by 8 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 0 have rated the United States Steel Corp (X) stock as a Hold, while 6 rate it as a Buy. 1 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 1 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note the current price level is 4.64% off its SMA20 and 1.97% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 54.79 while the volatility over the past week is 2.29% and jumps to 4.26% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.87, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 1.48. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $39, with the estimates having a low of $38.57 and a high of $41. These price ends are -6.17% and -12.85% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -7.35% if the X share price touches on the median price of $39.
Coming back to United States Steel Corp (NYSE:X), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 6.79 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 4.33 million. Current shares outstanding are 225.17 million.
The insiders hold 1.25% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 87.27%. The data shows that short shares as of 2025-01-15, stood at 25.94 million at a short ratio of 2.76. This represents a 1161.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2025-01-15. Shares short rose in January from the previous month at 17.58 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 6.88% up in year-to-date price movement.
