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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. (CLF)

As-reported financials and recent SEC filings for CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC., latest fiscal period FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is a North American steel producer specializing in value-added sheet products primarily for the automotive industry. The company operates a vertically integrated supply chain from iron ore mining to steelmaking and downstream finishing, serving customers mainly in the United States and Canada. It offers a wide range of flat-rolled steel products, including advanced high-strength steel and electrical steels, and maintains strong labor relationships with its unionized workforce.

Snapshot

Revenue
$18.61B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-3.0%
Net income
$-1.48B
Diluted EPS
$-2.91
Gross margin
-4.6%
Operating margin
-8.5%
Net margin
-7.9%
FCF margin
-5.5%
ROE
-23.4%
P/E (TTM)
Market cap
$6.81B
Debt / equity
1.1×

Fundamentals are from SEC filings. P/E and market cap are derived from recent market prices, refreshed on a rolling basis (typically within the past week).

What changed at Cleveland-cliffs

  • Revenue fell 3.0% to $18.6B in FY2025, after a 12.8% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 8.5% loss in FY2025, from 19.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $5.2B, up 5.9% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $1.0B in FY2025.
  • Net loss widened to $1.5B in FY2025, from $760M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Cleveland-cliffs’s fundamentals sit among the 241 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin-4.6%
1st percentile of 191
Operating margin-8.5%
19th percentile of 189
Net margin-7.9%
24th percentile of 221
FCF margin-5.5%
15th percentile of 205
Revenue growth (YoY)-3.0%
32nd percentile of 236
ROE-23.4%
19th percentile of 217
Debt / equity1.15×
76th percentile of 168
Short interest4.50d
55th percentile of 236

Cleveland-cliffs’s gross margin of -4.6% ranks in the 1st percentile of the 191 Materials companies reporting it. Cleveland-cliffs’s FCF margin of -5.5% ranks in the 15th percentile of the 205 Materials companies reporting it.

No open-market insider buys in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $2.9M. For context, about 16% of companies in the universe saw any open-market insider buying in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F (latest Q1 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
6
0 new, 6 added
Reduced / exited
4
3 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$354.6M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ1 2026$117.6M13.9MAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ1 2026$107.5M12.7MAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ1 2026$54.9M6.5MReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ1 2026$24.2M2.9MAdded
Duquesne Family OfficeQ1 2026$19.5M2.3MAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ1 2026$19.1M2.3MReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ1 2026$8.1M956.9KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ1 2026$2.3M275.8KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ1 2026$1.3M159.5KAdded

No longer held by: Renaissance Technologies (as of Q1 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
open-market
Bought (90d)
open-market value
Sells (90d)
1
$2.9M
Signal
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-05
Goncalves Celso L JrEVP, CFOSell214.3K$13.41$2.9M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
83.6M
settled 2026-07-15
Change vs prior
+2.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.50
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
18.6M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-07-1583.6M+2.1%4.50
2026-06-3081.9M+6.2%3.92
2026-06-1577.1M-6.0%4.04
2026-05-2982.0M+4.3%4.07
2026-05-1578.6M-7.0%6.02
2026-04-3084.5M+0.6%3.67
2026-04-1584.0M+0.0%6.72
2026-03-3184.0M+16.5%4.13

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$18.61B$19.18B$22.00B$22.99B$20.44B
Gross profit$-860.0M$63.0M$1.37B$2.52B$4.53B
Operating income$-1.58B$-763.0M$659.0M$1.94B$4.01B
Net income$-1.48B$-760.0M$385.0M$1.33B$2.99B
Diluted EPS$-2.91$-1.58$0.75$2.55$5.36

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$57.0M$54.0M$198.0M$26.0M$48.0M
Current assets$6.43B$6.91B$6.64B$7.42B$7.65B
Total assets$20.01B$20.95B$17.54B$18.75B$18.98B
Current liabilities$3.30B$3.36B$3.51B$3.55B$3.56B
Long-term debt$7.25B$7.07B$3.14B$4.25B$5.24B
Total liabilities$13.69B$14.08B$9.41B$10.71B$13.20B
Total equity$6.32B$6.87B$8.12B$8.04B$5.77B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$-462.0M$105.0M$2.27B$2.42B$2.79B
Capital expenditure$561.0M$695.0M$646.0M$943.0M$705.0M
Free cash flow$-1.02B$-590.0M$1.62B$1.48B$2.08B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$5.23B5.9%$-145.0M$-0.25
Q1 FY2026$4.92B6.3%$-237.0M$-0.42
Q4 FY2025$4.31B-0.3%$-243.0M$-0.44
Q3 FY2025$4.73B3.6%$-251.0M$-0.51
Q2 FY2025$4.93B-3.1%$-486.0M$-0.98
Q1 FY2025$4.63B-11.0%$-498.0M$-1.01
Q4 FY2024$4.33B-15.4%$-447.0M$-0.92
Q3 FY2024$4.57B-18.5%$-244.0M$-0.52

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorMaterials
SIC industryMetal Mining
Fiscal year endDecember 31
Latest fiscal periodFY2025
SEC filings since2015
SEC CIK764065

Recent SEC filings

10-K2026-02-09
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10-Q2026-07-23
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10-Q2026-04-21
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8-K2026-07-24
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8-K2026-07-23
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8-K2026-05-20
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8-K2026-04-20
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR (public domain). Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.