United States Steel Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

X Stock  USD 38.94  0.19  0.49%   
Taking into account the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding United States Steel is 'Strong Hold'. Macroaxis provides United States buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding X positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of United States' available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting United States' buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
34.39
Target Price
27.6
Hype Value
39.17
Market Value
38.94
Naive Value
37.45
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell United States Steel given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards United States. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for United States Steel, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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In addition, we conduct extensive research on individual companies such as United and provide practical buy, sell, or hold advice based on investors' investing horizon and their risk tolerance towards United States Steel. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in interest.

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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Under hypedDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

Very LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Follows the market closelyDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

StrongDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon United States Steel has a Risk Adjusted Performance of (0.07), Jensen Alpha of (0.31), Total Risk Alpha of (0.48) and Treynor Ratio of (0.49)
United States Steel recommendation module can be used to check and cross-verify current trade recommendation provided by analysts inspecting the firm's potential to grow using all of fundamental, technical, data market data available at the time. To make sure United States Steel is not overpriced, please validate all United States fundamentals, including its number of shares shorted, ebitda, current ratio, as well as the relationship between the price to sales and cash per share . Given that United States Steel has a price to earning of 2.10 X, we advise you to double-check United States Steel market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your current risk tolerance and investing horizon.

United States Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

United States Steel generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
United States Steel has a strong financial position based on the latest SEC filings
Over 84.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors
On 13th of March 2024 United States paid $ 0.05 per share dividend to its current shareholders
Latest headline from finance.yahoo.com: UPDATE 1-U.S. Steel deal security review to proceed normally, White House says

United States Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of United States' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of United States' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of United States daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use United States Steel price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of United States returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for United States.
Mean Return
-0.27
Value At Risk
-2.39
Potential Upside
1.62
Standard Deviation
2.08
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of United States historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

United Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as United States is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading United States Steel backward and forwards among themselves. United States' institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase United States' securities or originates loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Balyasny Asset Management Llc2023-12-31
3.4 M
D. E. Shaw & Co Lp2023-09-30
3.2 M
Test Hedge Fund Mgmt2023-12-31
2.8 M
Slate Path Capital Lp2023-12-31
2.5 M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2023-12-31
2.5 M
Psquared Asset Management Ag2023-12-31
2.4 M
Franklin Resources Inc2023-12-31
2.3 M
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2023-12-31
2.2 M
Key Group Holdings (cayman), Ltd.2023-12-31
2.1 M
Vanguard Group Inc
20.1 M
Blackrock Inc2023-12-31
19.8 M
Note, although United States' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

United States Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change In Cash(101M)1.2B482M939M(551M)(523.5M)
Free Cash Flow(570M)(587M)3.2B1.7B(476M)(452.2M)
Depreciation521M616M643M791M916M532.8M
Other Non Cash Items211M196M656M(321M)36M37.8M
Capital Expenditures1.3B725M863M1.8B2.6B2.7B
Net Income(642M)(1.2B)4.2B2.5B895M939.8M
End Period Cash Flow939M2.1B2.6B3.5B3.0B3.1B
Change To Inventory296M506M(677M)(222M)257M269.9M
Investments(2.0B)4M(840M)12M(2.6B)(2.4B)
Change Receivables453M98M(955M)370M333M349.7M
Net Borrowings447M(316M)(3.4B)(39M)(35.1M)(36.9M)
Change To Netincome402M239M(187M)485M557.8M282.1M

United States Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to United States or Metals & Mining sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that United States' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a United stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
-0.31
β
Beta against NYSE Composite0.57
σ
Overall volatility
2.14
Ir
Information ratio -0.16

United States Volatility Alert

United States Steel exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -3.67 and kurtosis of 20.32. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure United States' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact United States' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

United States Implied Volatility

United States' implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of United States Steel stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if United States' implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that United States stock will not fluctuate a lot when United States' options are near their expiration.

United States Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing United States' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze United States' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between United States and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as United States or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of United States' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing United States by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare United States to competition
FundamentalsUnited StatesPeer Average
Return On Equity0.0835-0.31
Return On Asset0.0314-0.14
Profit Margin0.05 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin(0.02) %(5.51) %
Current Valuation10.24 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding224.82 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders1.47 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions84.08 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted19.69 M4.71 M
Price To Earning2.10 X28.72 X
Price To Book0.84 X9.51 X
Price To Sales0.51 X11.42 X
Revenue16.04 B9.43 B
Gross Profit4.35 B27.38 B
EBITDA2.04 B3.9 B
Net Income895 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents3.5 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share14.36 X5.01 X
Total Debt4.34 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.39 %48.70 %
Current Ratio2.03 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share49.39 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations2.1 B971.22 M
Short Ratio3.26 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share3.56 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.68 X4.89 X
Target Price40.44
Number Of Employees21.8 K18.84 K
Beta2.06-0.15
Market Capitalization8.75 B19.03 B
Total Asset20.45 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings6.88 B9.33 B
Working Capital3 B1.48 B
Note: Acquisition by James Bruno of 5024 shares of United States subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

United States Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as United . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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 2021 2022 2023 2024 (projected)
Short and Long Term Debt Total4.0B4.1B4.3B2.8B
Total Assets17.8B19.5B20.5B11.9B

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When determining whether United States Steel offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of United States' financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of United States Steel Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on United States Steel Stock:
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Is United States' industry expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of United States. If investors know United will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about United States listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.35)
Dividend Share
0.2
Earnings Share
3.56
Revenue Per Share
80.321
Quarterly Revenue Growth
(0.04)
The market value of United States Steel is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of United that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of United States' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is United States' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because United States' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect United States' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between United States' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if United States is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, United States' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.