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Cleveland-Cliffs CLF Ratios & Valuation

TTM Q1 '26TTM Q4 '25TTM Q3 '25TTM Q2 '25TTM Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin-6.6%+1.9pp-8.5%+0.7pp-9.2%
Net margin-6.2%+1.5pp-7.7%+1.1pp-8.7%
EBITDA margin-0.2%+1.7pp-1.8%+0.8pp-2.6%
Free cash flow margin-5.3%+0.2pp-5.5%+2.8pp-8.3%-0.3pp-8%-2.4pp-5.7%-2.6pp
Returns
Return on equity-19.3%+3.0pp-22.4%+4.0pp-26.4%
Return on assets-5.7%+1.3pp-7%+1.8pp-8.8%
Return on invested capital-9.1%+2.0pp-11.1%+3.1pp-14.2%
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.9×0.0×0.9×-0.1×0.0×0.0×0.0×
Inventory turnover4.1×+0.2×3.9×-0.4×4.4×0.0×4.4×+0.3×4.1×+0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio+0.1×1.9×-0.1×0.0×-0.1×2.1×+0.1×
Quick ratio0.6×+0.1×0.5×-0.1×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×0.6×+0.1×
Cash ratio0.0×0.0×0.0×0.0×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.3×0.0×1.3×-0.2×1.5×+0.1×1.3×+0.1×1.2×0.0×
Debt-to-assets0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×
Valuation
Market capitalization$4.82B-36.3%$7.57B+25.4%$6.04B+70.2%$3.55B-12.7%$4.06B-12.5%
Enterprise value$12.54B-18.8%$15.45B+10.3%$14.01B+24.9%$11.21B-3.4%$11.61B-6.1%
Price / sales0.3×-0.2×0.4×+0.1×0.3×+0.1×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×
Price / book0.8×-0.4×1.2×+0.1×1.1×+0.5×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×
EV / sales0.7×-0.2×0.8×+0.1×0.8×+0.1×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×
Free cash flow yield-20.7%-7.2pp-13.5%+12.1pp-25.6%+16.2pp-41.8%-15.9pp-25.9%-13.2pp
Earnings yield-24.2%-5.4pp-18.8%+8.1pp-26.9%

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Questions, answered.

What are Cleveland-Cliffs's profit margins?
Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) runs a -2.9% gross margin and a -6.6% operating margin, with a -6.2% net margin.
Where do Cleveland-Cliffs's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Cleveland-Cliffs's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.