NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

United States Steel Corporation

(NYSE:

X

) is tomorrow, February 8, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 5 cents per share. At a price of $31.90 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 0.6%.

The average volume for United States has been 11.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. United States has a market cap of $4.17 billion and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

metals & mining

industry. Shares are up 20.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

United States Steel Corporation produces and sells steel mill products in North America and Central Europe. It operates in three segments: Flat-rolled Products (Flat-rolled), U. S. Steel Europe (USSE), and Tubular Products (Tubular).

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TheStreet Ratings rates United States as a

sell

. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its generally weak debt management, poor profit margins, weak operating cash flow and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself. You can view the full

United States Ratings Report

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