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Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) Stock Profile & Financial OverviewCleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Listed on NYSE • Basic Materials / Steel
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CLF Company Overview & Business Description

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. operates as a flat-rolled steel producer in North America. The company offers carbon steel products, such as hot-rolled, cold-rolled, electrogalvanized, hot-dip galvanized, hot-dip galvannealed, aluminized, enameling, and advanced high-strength steel products; stainless steel products; plates; and grain oriented and non-oriented electrical steel products. It also provides tubular components, including carbon steel, stainless steel, and electric resistance welded tubing. In addition, the company offers tinplate products, such as electrolytic tin coated and chrome coated sheet, and tin mill products; tooling and sampling; raw materials; ingots, rolled blooms, and cast blooms; and hot-briquetted iron products. Further, it owns five iron ore mines in Minnesota and Michigan. The company serves automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, distributors and converters, and steel producers. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. was formerly known as Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and changed its name to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in August 2017. The company was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Key Information

Symbol: CLF
CEO: C. Lourenco Goncalves
Exchange: NYSE
CIK: 0000764065
SEC Filings: View SEC →

Current Trend for CLF

An assessment of the current trend environment for CLF, based on the latest closing price data and intended to describe the market context heading into the next trading session.

As of 2025-12-24, the current trend for CLF is a Sideways Consolidation (Range-Bound Environment).

The weekly trend is in a consolidation regime, which automatically downgrades the daily signal to sideways conditions. This environment favors short-term mean-reversion rather than trend-following.

  • The weekly context is non-trending (sideways), which typically caps the duration and magnitude of daily trend moves.
  • Price is currently trending at a healthy distance, sitting 1.49 ATR away from the adaptive KAMA baseline.
  • Technical Update: Price has breached a key Fractal High, confirming a structural breakout to the upside.

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Adaptive Trend Model · Daily & Weekly (2025-12-24 ET)

This model uses an adaptive trend algorithm based on daily and weekly price data to identify whether a stock is in an uptrend, downtrend, or consolidation over a multi-week to multi-month horizon. Compared with traditional moving-average systems, it filters short-term noise more effectively, captures trend continuation more reliably, and provides a stronger basis for position sizing and risk-management decisions such as stop-loss and take-profit levels.

As of 2025-12-24, CLF in a strong expansion phase; Long-term trend is bullish.

Trend Strength: CLF last closed at 13.75, trading 1.3 ATR above the adaptive KAMA baseline (13.00). Technical Classification: Confirmed High-Momentum Uptrend.

Trend Score: Technical Score: 95/100. Classification: Strong/Established. Alignment: High. Logic: Full multi-timeframe alignment with strong momentum filters.

SuperTrend Risk: Risk indicators: No active structural constraints identified.

Risk Skew: Multi-timeframe risk skew is currently assessed as Conflicted / Pullback. The daily decline is occurring within a larger weekly uptrend. This suggests a corrective phase, where downside risk meets significant long-term structural support.

Key Levels: Key technical references: Spot 13.75, KAMA 13.00.

CLF Real-Time Stock Price & Market Data (Updated: Dec 23 12:46 PM EST)

Price
13.88
Change
0.14
Change %
1.02%
Open
13.75
Previous Close
13.74
High
13.93
Low
13.75
Volume
4,850,268
Market Cap
7,907,539,456
EV/EBITDA
0

CLF Shares Outstanding, Float, Short Interest & Ownership (Updated: Dec 23 12:46 PM EST)

Shares Outstanding
569,707,468
FloatShares
487,682,622
Float Ratio
85.60%
Shares Short
69,623,556
Short Percent Of Float
The percent of float shares currently sold short. Reflects market sentiment and risk of a short squeeze.
15.11%
Short Ratio
Days needed to cover all short positions. Indicates short-selling pressure.
3.03 trading days
Held Percent Insiders
1.41%
Held Percent Institutions
69.64%