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UPDATED: Nov 13, 2025

Stock Analysis

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$11.03
$0.83 |8.14%
Day Range:
$10.28 - $11.21
Market Cap:
6.27B
P/E Ratio:
0.0000
Avg Value:
$11.17
Year Range:
$5.63 - $16.70
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General Information
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc is a flat-rolled steel producer and manufacturer of iron ore pellets in North America.

It is organized into four operating segments based on differentiated products, Steelmaking, Tubular, Tooling and Stamping and European Operations, but operates through one reportable segment -Steelmaking. It is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling and tubing. It serves a diverse range of other markets due to its comprehensive offering of flat-rolled steel products. Geographically, it operates in the United States, Canada and other countries. The majority of revenue is from the United States. It is a supplier of steel to the automotive industry in North America.

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Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

10.83

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

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Peer Ratings

See how Cleveland-Cliffs compares to its peers in these key performance metrics from Benzinga Rankings.

Top Peers
Value
Quality
Growth
Momentum
Short
Medium
Long
CMCCommercial Metals
66.19
33.76
47.87
57.33
TXTernium
91.92
52.63
56.29
64.18
GGBGerdau
97.9
87.2
37.95
70.88
HCCWarrior Met Coal
15.04
48.08
24.48
85.95
Short: price trend over the last couple of months
Medium: price trend over the last couple of quarters
Long: price trend over the past year
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Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 10 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $5.75 - $16.00 with an average of $12.48

13.43%
Expected movement for Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF)

Citigroup
Date:
Nov 11, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$12.00
New Target:
$11.00
Keybanc
Date:
Nov 10, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$15.00
New Target:
$13.00
Goldman Sachs
Date:
Oct 31, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$14.50
New Target:
$16.00
Keybanc
Date:
Oct 27, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$14.00
New Target:
$15.00
GLJ Research
Date:
Oct 21, 2025
Action:
Reiterates
Prev. Target:
$5.75
New Target:
$5.75
B of A Securities
Date:
Oct 21, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$12.50
New Target:
$14.50
JP Morgan
Date:
Oct 13, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$10.00
New Target:
$13.00
Goldman Sachs
Date:
Oct 9, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$12.85
New Target:
$14.50
B of A Securities
Date:
Sep 15, 2025
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$9.50
New Target:
$12.50
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Financial Health
What is the current state of the company's financial situation?

We measure the health of a company based on how profitable they are and their ability to cover both their short-term and long-term debts. The key indicators that we use are the Operating Margin, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-Equity ratio relative to the companies peers

Operational Margin -0.0425

The operating margin measures how much profit a company makes after it spends money on wages, materials or other administrative expenses but before interest and taxes. It is a good representation of how efficiently a company is able to generate profit from its core operations.

Quick Ratio 0.5680

The quick ratio measures how much of a company's debt, that is due in less than 1 year, can be covered using its cash equivalents, marketable securities, and money that is currently owed to them (accounts receivables).

A company with a quick ratio of less than 1.00 does not, in many cases, have the capital on hand to meet its short-term obligations if they were all due at once, while a quick ratio greater than one indicates the company has the financial resources to remain solvent in the short term.

Debt-to-Equity 2.6679

Debt-to-equity is calculated by dividing a company's total liabilities by its shareholders equity. It is a measure of the degree to which a company is financing its operations through debt versus wholly owned funds. Generally speaking, a D/E ratio below 1.0 would be seen as relatively safe, whereas ratios of 2.0 or higher would be considered risky.

The chart above shows Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) operating margin, quick ratio, and debt-to-equity ratio compared to its peers. The black markers represent the peer averages for each ratio and the blue bars represent Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) ratio values.
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Past Performance
How has Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is 0.0547 which is considered to be below average compared to the peer average of 0.6514

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Analyzing Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Recent Options Activity
Below, you can see the trend in options sentiment over the past 30 days.

Based on our data, CLF's options trades have recently carried more negative sentiment than positive.

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Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is CLF's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
20.44
22.99
22.00
19.18
18.62
Operating Revenue
20.44
22.99
22.00
18.53
17.97
Cost Of Revenue
15.91
20.47
20.61
19.11
19.54
Gross Profit
4.53
2.52
1.39
0.07
-0.92
Operating Expense
0.50
0.57
0.58
0.57
0.63
Selling General And Administration
0.42
0.46
0.58
0.49
0.54
Research and Development
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Operating Income
4.03
1.94
0.81
-0.50
-1.55
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
-0.34
-0.28
-0.29
-0.37
-0.58
Other Income Expense
0.11
0.13
0.07
-0.07
0.00
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
0.22
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.16
Pre-Tax Income
3.80
1.80
0.60
-0.94
-2.13
Tax Provision
0.77
0.42
0.15
-0.24
-0.51
Net Income
2.99
1.33
0.40
-0.75
-1.68
Net Income Common Stockholders
2.99
1.33
0.40
-0.75
-1.68
Total Operating Income As Reported
4.01
1.94
0.68
-0.76
-1.71
Total Expenses
16.41
21.05
21.18
19.69
20.17
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
2.99
1.33
0.40
-0.75
-1.68
Normalized Income
3.08
1.39
0.51
-0.52
-1.55
Interest Income
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Interest Expense
0.34
0.28
0.29
0.37
0.58
Net Interest Income
-0.34
-0.28
-0.29
-0.37
-0.58
EBIT
4.14
2.07
0.89
-0.57
-1.55
EBITDA
5.04
3.11
1.86
0.38
-0.33
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
15.91
20.47
20.61
19.11
19.54
Reconciled Depreciation
0.90
1.03
0.97
0.95
1.22
Normalized EBITDA
5.15
3.18
2.00
0.66
-0.17
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.25
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
-0.02
-0.02
-0.03
-0.04
-0.04
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
18.98
18.75
17.54
20.95
20.29
Current Assets
7.65
7.42
6.64
6.91
6.69
Total Non-Current Assets
11.32
11.33
10.90
14.04
13.60
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
13.20
10.71
9.41
14.05
14.58
Current Liabilities
3.56
3.55
3.51
3.32
3.28
Other Non-Current Liabilities
1.44
1.27
1.31
1.45
1.50
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
5.77
8.04
8.12
6.90
5.71
Stockholders Equity
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Total Capitalization
10.73
12.04
11.02
13.73
13.51
Common Stock Equity
5.49
7.79
7.89
6.66
5.47
Net Tangible Assets
4.37
6.45
6.68
3.73
2.53
Working Capital
4.09
3.87
3.13
3.58
3.41
Invested Capital
10.73
12.04
11.02
13.73
13.51
Tangible Book Value
4.37
6.45
6.68
3.73
2.53
Total Debt
5.24
4.25
3.14
7.07
8.04
Net Debt
5.19
4.22
2.94
7.01
7.97
Share Issued
0.51
0.53
0.53
0.53
0.53
Ordinary Shares Number
0.50
0.51
0.50
0.49
0.49
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
2.79
2.42
2.27
0.11
-0.92
Net Income from Continuing Operations
3.03
1.38
0.45
-0.71
-1.63
Depreciation and Amortization
Deferred Tax
0.77
0.11
Deferred Income Tax
0.77
0.11
Stock-Based Compensation
Other Non-Cash Items
-0.04
-0.08
-0.02
0.29
0.35
Change in Working Capital
-1.85
0.03
0.79
-0.02
-0.04
Change in Receivables
-0.86
0.18
0.12
0.36
-0.11
Changes in Account Receivables
Change in Inventory
-1.37
0.06
0.67
-0.01
0.20
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
0.37
-0.19
-0.41
-0.22
Change in Payable
Change in Account Payable
Change in Other Current Assets
Change in Other Current Liabilities
Change in Other Working Capital
-0.01
0.03
0.09
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
-1.38
-0.94
-0.59
-3.21
-3.13
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
-0.71
-0.94
-0.65
-0.69
-0.63
Net Business Purchase and Sale
-0.71
Purchase of Business
-0.76
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
Purchase of Investment
Sale of Investment
Net Other Investing Changes
0.03
0.04
0.06
0.01
Financing Cash Flow
-1.47
-1.51
-1.50
2.97
4.08
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
-1.47
-1.51
-1.50
2.97
4.08
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
-0.30
-1.10
-1.11
3.94
4.30
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
-0.37
-1.36
0.75
3.94
4.30
Long-Term Debt Issuance
1.00
4.78
5.01
Long-Term Debt Payments
-1.37
-1.36
-0.84
-0.71
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
0.07
0.26
-1.86
Net Common Stock Issuance
0.32
-0.24
-0.15
-0.73
Common Stock Issuance
0.32
Common Stock Payments
-0.24
-0.15
-0.73
Cash Dividends Paid
Net Other Financing Charges
-0.15
-0.17
-0.24
-0.23
-0.22
End Cash Position
0.27
0.16
0.32
0.24
0.25
Changes in Cash
-0.06
-0.02
0.17
-0.14
0.03
Beginning Cash Position
0.34
0.19
0.15
0.38
0.22
Capital Expenditure
-0.71
-0.94
-0.65
-0.69
-0.63
Issuance of Capital Stock
0.32
Issuance of Debt
6.96
5.75
3.75
4.78
5.01
Repayment of Debt
-7.26
-6.85
-4.87
-0.84
-0.71
Repurchase of Capital Stock
-0.24
-0.15
-0.73
Free Cash Flow
2.08
1.48
1.62
-0.59
-1.55