United States Steel (NYSE:X) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

United States Steel (NYSE:X) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of -0.510–0.510 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of -0.360. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have issued reports on X shares. Bank of America began coverage on United States Steel in a research note on Monday, January 6th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $35.00 price target on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on United States Steel from $40.00 to $43.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of United States Steel from $39.00 to $43.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, March 7th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on shares of United States Steel from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on shares of United States Steel from $43.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $40.70.

United States Steel Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of United States Steel stock opened at $41.07 on Friday. United States Steel has a 1 year low of $26.92 and a 1 year high of $43.35. The company has a market capitalization of $9.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.86. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $37.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 0.91.

United States Steel (NYSE:X) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The basic materials company reported ($0.18) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by ($0.38). United States Steel had a net margin of 2.46% and a return on equity of 4.27%. Research analysts forecast that United States Steel will post 1.43 EPS for the current year.

United States Steel Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 12th. Investors of record on Monday, February 10th were paid a $0.05 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 10th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.49%. United States Steel’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 13.42%.

United States Steel Company Profile

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.