Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Stock Price & Analysis
CLF Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- MXN 260.00 - MXN 265.00
- 52-Week Range
- MXN 132.61 - MXN 267.00
- Previous Close
- MXN 266.55
- Volume
- 33.99K
- Average Volume (3M)
- 2,849
- Market Cap
- MXN 152.80B
- Enterprise Value
- MXN 14.17B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- MXN 77.00M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- MXN 7.64B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- ―
- Beta
- 0.71
- Next Earnings
- Feb 15, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 7.21
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- N/A
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Vertical Integration
Vertical integration gives Cleveland-Cliffs internal raw-material supply for its steelmaking operations, reducing exposure to third-party input costs and supporting supply stability. This structure can strengthen resilience and margins across changing steel-market conditions over the next several quarters.
Contract Renewal Economics
Strong customer renewal activity and increased acceptance of take-or-pay minimums can improve volume visibility and protect utilization. Index-based pricing and expected EBITDA gains should make earnings more durable than reliance on spot-market pricing alone.
Capacity And Product Expansion
New electrical-steel capacity and expanded galvanized offerings broaden Cleveland-Cliffs’ product mix and address specialized automotive and industrial demand. These projects can support future volumes, customer retention, and participation in higher-value steel applications.
Bears Say
Weak Profitability
Thin margins and continuing losses leave limited earnings protection if steel prices, volumes, or operating costs weaken. The deterioration from stronger 2021–2023 profitability indicates that current earnings power remains vulnerable and may constrain internally funded investment.
Elevated Leverage
Debt meaningfully exceeds the equity base, reducing financial flexibility for a cyclical producer while returns remain negative. Until deleveraging is achieved, interest obligations and refinancing needs can limit capital allocation and increase sensitivity to weaker steel-market conditions.
Negative Free Cash Flow
Current cash generation is insufficient to support consistent deleveraging, reversing the stronger positive cash flow delivered during 2021–2023. Persistent negative free cash flow could require greater reliance on asset sales or financing to fund capital needs and reduce debt.
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Company Description
Cleveland-Cliffs
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. stands as a prominent North American manufacturer specializing in flat-rolled steel. The company's diverse product portfolio encompasses a wide array of carbon steel forms, including hot-rolled, cold-rolled, electrogalvanized, hot-dip galvanized, hot-dip galvannealed, aluminized, enameling, and advanced high-strength steel. Additionally, they supply stainless steel, various steel plates, and specialized electrical steels (both grain-oriented and non-oriented). Beyond these core offerings, Cleveland-Cliffs produces tubular components, fabricated from carbon steel, stainless steel, and via electric resistance welding. Their tinplate division manufactures electrolytic tin-coated and chrome-coated sheets, alongside other tin mill products. The company also provides essential raw materials, ingots, rolled and cast blooms, hot-briquetted iron, and services like tooling and sampling. A key aspect of its operations is vertical integration, as the company owns and manages five iron ore mines located in Minnesota and Michigan. Cleveland-Cliffs serves a broad customer base, including the automotive industry, infrastructure and general manufacturing sectors, distributors, converters, and other steel producers. Founded in 1847, the company is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and officially adopted the name Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in August 2017, having previously been known as Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
- Sector
- Basicmaterials
- Industry
- Steel
- CEO
- C. Lourenco Goncalves
- Employees
- 25,000
- Website
- www.clevelandcliffs.com
- Address
- 200 Public Square, Cleveland, OH, 44114-2315, US
Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Earnings & Revenues
CLF Company Deck
CLF Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly optimistic, with Q3 adjusted EBITDA more than doubling sequentially, improving prices and costs, strong contract renewals, supportive U.S. trade conditions, a favorable 2027 outlook, and a stated path to substantial debt reduction. The main challenges were Stelco's exposed galvanized-steel business and temporary layoffs, the still-idled Dearborn furnace, higher expected Q4 costs, working-capital use, delayed asset-sale closings, and unresolved labor negotiations. The positive operational, commercial, and financial developments significantly outweighed the disclosed challenges.
View all MX:CLF earnings summariesCLF Net sales Breakdown
- 97.36% Steelmaking
- 2.64% Other Businesses
CLF Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 15 | 3 | 4 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |
