United States Steel (X) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.56 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.45 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.40 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 24.44%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this steel maker would post earnings of $0.76 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.84, delivering a surprise of 10.53%.Over the last four quarters, the com ...