Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

CLF Basic Materials Steel

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $18.6 billion, down 3.00% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+18.6%
EPS
+152.9%
Free cash flow
+124.0%
Total debt
−4.90%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

11.35 1.49 −11.60%
Market cap
$6.4B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
216×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
1.12
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) Debt to equity

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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.3×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (1.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.2× (fiscal 2017) to 5.9× (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Steel industry median of 0.3× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 1.1× 11.50%
FY2024 1.0× 166.39%
FY2023 0.4× (26.91%)
FY2022 0.5× (41.75%)
FY2021 0.9× (60.60%)
FY2020 2.3× (61.01%)
FY2019 5.9× 19.68%
FY2018 4.9× —
FY2017 −5.2× —
FY2016 −1.6× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 1.3× (3.22%)
Jun 2026 1.3× 2.66%
Mar 2026 1.3× 12.43%
Dec 2025 1.1× (18.56%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −5.2× High 5.9×
Ten-year median 0.9×
Current reading's percentile 73

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 0.0×
TX Ternium S.A. compare 0.2×
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 0.2×
MT ArcelorMittal compare 0.3×
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 0.3×
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 0.3×
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 0.4×
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. 1.3×
WS Worthington Steel, Inc. compare 1.4×
Steel industry median 0.3×
Basic Materials sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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