Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF)

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. operates as a steel producer in the United States and Canada. It offers hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and coated products, such as aluminized, electrogalvanized, and galvalume products, as well as galvanneal and hot-dipped galvanized products; stainless and electrical products, including GOES, NOES, and auto chrome; plate products; and slab and other steel products. The company also provides non- steelmaking products comprising stamped components, tool and die, and tubing; and scrap, iron ore, HBI, coal, and coke products. It also provides tubular components, including carbon steel, stainless steel, and electric resistance welded tubing products. In addition, the company is involved in the mining of iron ore; production of pellets and direct reduced iron; and processing of ferrous scrap through primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. It serves direct automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, distributors and converters, and steel producers. The company was formerly known as Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and changed its name to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in August 2017. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Symbol
CLF
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Steel
Market cap
$7.34B
52 week range
7.73 - 16.7

Valuation

Share price
$12.87 (close of 2026-09-23)
P/E (TTM)
-8.09x
Price to book
1.26x
Price to free cash flow
-8.57x
Enterprise value
$14.98B
Book value per share
$10.20

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day+2.71%
5 days+5.93%
1 month+14.20%
3 months+15.32%
6 months+60.27%
Year to date-3.09%
1 year+11.91%
3 years-11.00%
5 years-38.24%
10 years+109.61%
All time+537.13%

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
-23.37%
Return on invested capital
-7.38%
Return on assets
-7.39%
Return on capital employed
-9.45%
Gross margin
-4.62%
Net margin
-7.94%
EBITDA margin
-1.85%
Revenue growth
-3.00%
Net income growth
-94.47%
Free cash flow growth
-73.39%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
-11.67%
Current ratio
1.89x
Net debt to EBITDA
15.80x

Latest reported year

Period end
2025-12-31
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$18.61B
Cost of revenue
$19.47B
Gross profit
$-860.00M
EBITDA
$-344.00M
Net income
$-1.48B
Earnings per share
$-2.91
Shares outstanding
508.00M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet incomeEPS
2025-12-31$18.61B$-860.00M$-1.48B$-2.91
2024-12-31$19.18B$63.00M$-760.00M$-1.58
2023-12-31$22.00B$1.37B$385.00M$0.75
2022-12-31$22.99B$2.52B$1.33B$2.57
2021-12-31$20.44B$4.53B$2.99B$5.63
2020-12-31$5.35B$252.00M$-122.00M$-0.32
2019-12-31$1.99B$575.70M$293.00M$1.06
2018-12-31$2.33B$809.60M$1.13B$3.80
2017-12-31$1.87B$467.60M$367.00M$1.28
2016-12-31$1.55B$280.10M$174.10M$0.88

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-12-31-4.62%-7.94%-23.37%-7.38%
2024-12-310.33%-3.96%-11.07%-3.80%
2023-12-316.24%1.75%4.75%4.67%
2022-12-3110.95%5.81%16.62%12.37%
2021-12-3122.18%14.62%51.75%28.10%
2020-12-314.71%-2.28%-5.21%-0.86%
2019-12-3128.93%14.72%81.84%19.40%
2018-12-3134.72%48.37%266.04%39.74%
2017-12-3125.06%19.67%-82.47%44.30%
2016-12-3118.02%11.20%-13.09%23.79%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2025-12-31$57.00M$7.25B
2024-12-31$54.00M$7.07B
2023-12-31$198.00M$3.14B
2022-12-31$26.00M$4.25B
2021-12-31$48.00M$5.24B
2020-12-31$112.00M$5.39B
2019-12-31$353.00M$2.11B
2018-12-31$823.20M$2.09B
2018-01-01$978.30M$2.30B
2017-12-31$978.30M$2.30B

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-12-31$-1.02B$57.00M
2024-12-31$-590.00M$50.00M
2023-12-31$1.62B$41.00M
2022-12-31$1.48B$28.00M
2021-12-31$2.08B$18.00M
2020-12-31$-783.00M$17.00M
2019-12-31$-88.00M$18.00M
2018-12-31$183.00M$15.00M
2017-12-31$203.20M$18.20M
2016-12-31$295.60M$13.60M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
2020-04-02
Payment dateDividend per share
2020-04-02$0.06
2020-01-02$0.06
2019-10-03$0.10
2019-07-03$0.06
2019-04-04$0.05
2019-01-03$0.05
2014-11-12$0.15
2014-08-13$0.15

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report
2026-10-19
Consensus EPS estimate
$0.24

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-07-23Jun/2026-
2026-04-20--
2026-02-09--
2025-10-20--
2025-07-21--
2025-05-07--
2025-04-21--
2025-02-24--

Filings and sources

Company website
clevelandcliffs.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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