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) Net margin

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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −2.36%, up 5.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−7.94%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.1% (fiscal 2015) to 48.4% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Steel industry median of 3.14% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 1.42%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 −7.94% (3.98)
FY2024 −3.96% (5.71)
FY2023 1.75% (4.06)
FY2022 5.81% (8.81)
FY2021 14.6% 16.90
FY2020 −2.28% (17.00)
FY2019 14.7% (33.65)
FY2018 48.4% 28.70
FY2017 19.7% 8.47
FY2016 11.2% 50.32

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 2.71% 5.48
Jun 2026 −2.77% 2.05
Mar 2026 −4.82% 0.81
Dec 2025 −5.63% (0.33)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −39.1% High 48.4%
Ten-year median 5.81%
Current reading's percentile 23

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare 11.4%
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare 8.82%
RS Reliance, Inc. compare 6.38%
TX Ternium S.A. compare 5.74%
GGB Gerdau S.A. compare 3.40%
MT ArcelorMittal compare 2.88%
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare 1.94%
WS Worthington Steel, Inc. compare −0.72%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. −2.36%
Steel industry median 3.14%
Basic Materials sector median 1.42%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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