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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

$CLF·$7.4B·Steel·Basic Materials
$12.15-3.4%YTD-10.1%1Y-12.9%
Price updated 10h ago·X counts updated 4d ago
CLCLF
$CLFCleveland-Cliffs Inc.
$12.15-3.42%336 posts1×
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Top X posts

The complete picture of $CLF on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

336X posts · last 7 days
Sep 28Oct 11
Chatter Meter
1×
QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $CLF's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level, louder than 55% of tracked names.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-09

Cleveland-Cliffs is one of the cleaner setups on the board: a textbook triangle breakout with Friday's green candle as confirmation, HRC steel futures around $1,222/ton, and a daily inverse-head-and-shoulders forming. Longs are surprised to be buying steel but here they are.

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  • How loud the conversation is versus this ticker's own normal
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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $CLF — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Comeback attemptWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-10-02

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Cleveland-Cliffs is a cyclically-pressured steel name with a clean triangle breakout — Oct 19 earnings is the test.

Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America — US domestic auto, construction, and energy end-markets. The business has been losing money through the steel-pricing downturn, but the chart has turned.

  • Operations are still negative: Q1 revenue +6.3% YoY at a -6.4% operating margin — the pricing environment hasn't delivered the leverage yet, which is why the stock still trades at a negative PE.
  • The chart is clean: a textbook triangle breakout with a confirmation candle on Friday, HRC steel futures around $1,222 per ton, and a daily inverse-head-and-shoulders — these are legitimate reversal-pattern setups, not pattern-chasing.
  • 52-week range position is 42% on vol at the 30-day average — mid-range breakout, not stretched, with the key question being whether Q3 shows the pricing uplift that the chart implies.

Oct 19 Q3 is the gate — any evidence of HRC-pricing flow-through plus a stabilizing operating margin confirms the chart and extends the move. Another soft operating-margin quarter and the triangle breakout fails back to the lows.

Agrees with X sentimentThe thread has the right technical read — triangle breakout, HRC futures price, daily inverse-head-and-shoulders — and the honest "surprised to be buying steel" framing is a classic turnaround-stock entry voice, not generic enthusiasm.

What to watch: Oct 19 Q3 — HRC pricing realization, operating-margin trajectory, debt reduction, and any 2027 steel-cycle commentary. A soft pricing quarter is the clear invalidator for the technical setup.

On the calendar: 2026-10-19 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

North America's largest flat-rolled steel producer supplying automotive-grade and electrical steel to industrial customers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Steel sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CLF.

Steel · Basic Materials

No material change from last week — Hot-rolled coil futures near $1,222/ton sustains EAF mini-mill margin expansion.

What this means for $CLF

Neutral — North America's largest flat-rolled steel producer supplying automotive-grade and electrical steel to industrial customers.

Top industry ETF

$SLXVanEck Steel ETF
+19.2%YTD
+36.1%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-6.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-5.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
-6.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-12.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-20.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
-2.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 23, 2026$-0.20$-0.21+4.0%
Q1 2026Apr 20, 2026$-0.40$-0.44+9.1%
Q4 2025Feb 9, 2026$-0.43$-0.62+30.6%
Q3 2025Oct 20, 2025$-0.45$-0.48+6.2%
Next earningsMon, Oct 19·consensus EPS $0.22

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$4.9B+6.3%-1.7%-4.2%$-0.42$-477.0M
Q4 FY25$4.3B-0.3%-4.4%-7.5%$-0.49$-153.0M
Q3 FY25$4.7B+3.6%-1.0%-3.7%$-0.51$-300.0M
Q2 FY25$4.9B-3.1%-4.2%-10.1%$-0.97$-67.0M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 9 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$21.5B$19.6B – $22.4B-$0.18-$1.02 – $0.278
FY27$22.3B$20.0B – $23.2B$0.76$0.52 – $0.949
FY28$22.1B$21.3B – $23.2B$0.46$0.24 – $0.756
FY29$22.2B$21.1B – $23.0B$0.89$0.84 – $0.944

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.49%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+1.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+7.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 564.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.095-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 5Celso L GoncalvesCFO214.3K sh$2.9M
+ 11 other (11 awards) in window

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  • Real-time open-market buys and sells from Form 4 filings
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 248-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. promoted Celso L. Goncalves Jr. from Executive VP and CFO to President and Chief Financial Officer effective July 21, 2026, simultaneously appointing him to the Board of Directors. Chairman and CEO Lourenco Goncalves relinquishes only the President title. In connection with the promotion, Celso Goncalves' base salary increased from $884,000 to $1,000,000, and his change-in-control severance multiplier was extended from 2 to 3 years. This is an internal leadership restructuring consolidating operational oversight under the CFO; largely administrative in nature.

8-KShareholder voteMay 208-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) filed an 8-K on May 14, 2026 disclosing annual shareholder meeting vote results (Item 5.07). Cleveland-Cliffs is a Cleveland, Ohio-based integrated steel and mining company listed on the NYSE. Annual meeting results are routine governance disclosures.

+ 9 other (3 13Gs · 2 SDs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Cleveland-Cliffs Drops 4% as Tariff Doubt Returns; Nucor and Steel Dynamics Slip247wallst.com·18h agoCleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on Itzacks.com·22h agoCleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market: Important Facts to Notezacks.com·2d agoCleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Q3 Earnings Preview: What You Should Know Beyond the Headline Estimateszacks.com·2d agoCleveland-Cliffs: What To Watch Before Q3 Earnings (Preview)seekingalpha.com·2d ago

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