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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%-8.5%-9.2%
Net margin-6.2%-7.7%-8.7%
EBITDA margin-0.2%-1.8%-2.6%
Free cash flow margin-5.3%+0.4pp-5.5%-2.4pp-8.3%-11.2pp-8%-14.8pp-5.7%-13.9pp
Returns
Return on equity-19.3%-22.4%-26.4%
Return on assets-5.7%-7%-8.8%
Return on invested capital-9.1%-11.1%-14.2%
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.9×-0.1×0.9×-0.1×-0.1×-0.2×-0.2×
Inventory turnover4.1×0.0×3.9×-0.1×4.4×0.0×4.4×-0.1×4.1×-0.2×
Liquidity
Current ratio-0.1×1.9×-0.1×+0.2×+0.2×2.1×+0.2×
Quick ratio0.6×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.6×+0.1×0.6×0.0×0.6×0.0×
Cash ratio0.0×0.0×0.0×0.0×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.3×+0.1×1.3×+0.1×1.5×+0.9×1.3×+0.8×1.2×+0.7×
Debt-to-assets0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×+0.2×0.4×+0.2×0.4×+0.2×
Valuation
Market capitalization$4.82B+18.6%$7.57B+62.9%$6.04B+1.0%$3.55B-51.5%$4.06B-64.1%
Enterprise value$12.54B+8.0%$15.45B+25.0%$14.01B+44.2%$11.21B+4.6%$11.61B-22.4%
Price / sales0.3×0.0×0.4×+0.2×0.3×0.0×0.2×-0.2×0.2×-0.3×
Price / book0.8×+0.2×1.2×+0.5×1.1×+0.2×0.6×-0.4×0.6×-0.9×
EV / sales0.7×0.0×0.8×+0.2×0.8×+0.3×0.6×+0.1×0.6×-0.1×
Free cash flow yield-20.7%+5.2pp-13.5%-0.8pp-25.6%-35.2pp-41.8%-61.1pp-25.9%-41.9pp
Earnings yield-24.2%-18.8%-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.