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) Return on assets

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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

Low −29.8% High 34.8%
Ten-year median 7.08%
Current reading's percentile 18

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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