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Cleveland-Cliffs CLF Operating Cash Flow

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Other financials

Income statement

Revenue$4.9B+6.3%

Gross profit-$82.0M+79.3%

Operating income-$213.0M+60.8%

Net income-$229.0M+52.9%

EPS (diluted)-$0.42+58.4%

Balance sheet

Cash & equivalents$45.0M-21.1%

Total debt$7.8B+2.1%

Total equity$5.8B-6.9%

Total assets$20.1B-3.5%

Cash flow

CapEx$152.0M0.0%

Free cash flow-$477.0M+5.2%

Valuation

Market cap$6.14B+77.8%

Enterprise value$13.86B+26.0%

P/S0.3×+0.1×

Profitability

Gross margin-2.9%—

Operating margin-6.6%-0.2pp

Net margin-6.2%0.0pp

FCF margin-5.3%-0.3pp

Returns & leverage

Return on equity-19.3%+3.1pp

Debt / equity1.3×+0.1×

Current ratio2×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Cleveland-Cliffs in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.

The official record: Cleveland-Cliffs’s 10-Q, filed April 21, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cleveland-Cliffs's operating cash flow?: Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) reported operating cash flow of -$325M in Q1 2026.
How has Cleveland-Cliffs's operating cash flow changed year-over-year?: Cleveland-Cliffs's operating cash flow increased by 7.4% year-over-year, from -$351M to -$325M.
What is the long-term trend for Cleveland-Cliffs's operating cash flow?: Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Cleveland-Cliffs's operating cash flow has grown at a -43.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.79B to -$507M.
What does operating cash flow mean?: Total cash generated by or used in core business operations — the single most important cash flow metric for assessing business health.