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Cleveland-Cliffs CLF Return on assets

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8.4%+0.8pp
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7.6%+0.3pp
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6.6%+0.7pp
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11.9%-3.0pp

Other financials

Income statement

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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

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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

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Operating cash flow-$325.0M+7.4%
CapEx$152.0M0.0%
Free cash flow-$477.0M+5.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$7B+18.6%
Enterprise value$14.72B+8.0%
P/S0.4×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin-2.9%
Operating margin-6.6%-0.2pp
Net margin-6.2%0.0pp
FCF margin-5.3%-0.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-19.3%+3.1pp
Debt / equity1.3×+0.1×
Current ratio-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Cleveland-Cliffs’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 return on assets?
Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) reported return on assets of -5.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Cleveland-Cliffs's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Cleveland-Cliffs's return on assets increased by 5.0% year-over-year, from -6% to -5.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Cleveland-Cliffs's return on assets?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Cleveland-Cliffs's return on assets has grown at a -36.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 17% to -7%.
What does return on assets mean?
Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by average total assets. Measures how efficiently the asset base generates profit, independent of how those assets are financed. Computed as net income over average total assets — note this is OpenCapital's standard definition and may differ from data vendors that use alternative numerators.