United States Steel Corp. (X) stock hits $40.05: Is it a good time to buy or wait for a dip?

A share price of United States Steel Corp. [X] is currently trading at $40.05, up 0.91%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The X shares have gain 4.68% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -13.26%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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On 20, March 2024, United States Steel Honors Employees for Community Service with Donations to Charitable Organizations. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) (“U. S. Steel”) named its Volunteer of the Year along with 12 Service Champions for their community service in 2023 as part of the company’s United by Service initiative. To honor the winners, U. S. Steel is donating to the charitable organization of each employee’s choice. U. S. Steel is donating $15,000 on behalf of the Volunteer of the Year and $5,000 on behalf of each of the 12 Service Champions. Overall, U. S. Steel is awarding $75,000 to charitable organizations in recognition of employee volunteers companywide.

From an analyst’s perspective:

United States Steel Corp. [NYSE: X] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 15, 2024, when Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and also boosted its price target to $51 from $40. Argus downgraded its rating to a Hold. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $40 on October 02, 2023. JP Morgan reiterated a Neutral rating for this stock on July 14, 2023, and downed its price target to $23. In a note dated July 05, 2023, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $26.

United States Steel Corp. experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $20.40 and $50.20. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $26.92 within the next 12 months. United States Steel Corp. [NYSE: X] shares were valued at $40.05 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -32.78% based on the average X price forecast.

Analyzing the X fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for United States Steel Corp. [NYSE:X] were 18.07B which represents -4.18% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.12% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.05%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.39.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 39.56 points at the first support level, and at 39.06 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 40.33, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 40.61.

United States Steel Corp. [X] reported earnings per share of $0.67 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.26/share, meaning a difference of $0.41 and a surprise factor of 157.70%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $1.4 per share as compared to estimates of $1.15 per share, a difference of $0.25 representing a surprise of 21.70%.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for United States Steel Corp. [NYSE:X] is 1.76. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.22, while the Cash Ratio is 0.75. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.50, the price to book ratio is 0.81 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.49.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved BURRITT DAVID B, Pres. & CEO, that happened on Dec 18 ’23 when 0.25 million shares were sold. SVP Adv. Tech. Steelmaking, Brown Daniel R completed a deal on Dec 18 ’23 to sell 5000.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP Adv. Tech. Steelmaking Brown Daniel R sold 5000.0 shares on Nov 24 ’23.

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