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
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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) Return on assets
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −2.33%, up 4.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−7.22%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −29.8% (fiscal 2015) to 34.8% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Steel industry median of 1.83% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −7.22% | (3.27) |
| FY2024 | −3.95% | (6.07) |
| FY2023 | 2.12% | (4.96) |
| FY2022 | 7.08% | (9.64) |
| FY2021 | 16.7% | 17.92 |
| FY2020 | −1.20% | (9.53) |
| FY2019 | 8.33% | (26.47) |
| FY2018 | 34.8% | 19.75 |
| FY2017 | 15.1% | 6.47 |
| FY2016 | 8.58% | 38.40 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. compare | 11.6% |
| RS Reliance, Inc. compare | 9.99% |
| SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. compare | 5.09% |
| TX Ternium S.A. compare | 3.93% |
| GGB Gerdau S.A. compare | 2.84% |
| MT ArcelorMittal compare | 1.83% |
| PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. compare | 1.31% |
| WS Worthington Steel, Inc. compare | −0.93% |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | −2.33% |
| Steel industry median | 1.83% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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