An Analysis Of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CLF) Stock

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE:CLF) has a beta value of 2.04 and has seen 2.56 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $10.79B, closed the recent trade at $21.66 per share which meant it lost -$0.76 on the day or -3.41% during that session. The CLF stock price is -6.05% off its 52-week high price of $22.97 and 37.17% above the 52-week low of $13.61. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 6.05 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 8.46 million shares.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE:CLF) trade information

Sporting -3.41% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, when the CLF stock price touched $21.66 or saw a rise of 5.7%. Year-to-date, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc shares have moved 6.05%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -3.24%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE:CLF) have changed 3.17%. Short interest in the company has seen 31.79 million shares shorted with days to cover at 3.75.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CLF) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Cleveland-Cliffs Inc shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 39.71% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 71.96%, compared to 19.00% for the industry. Other than that, the company has, however, increased its growth outlook for the 2024 fiscal year revenue. Growth estimates for the current quarter are 327.30% and -41.80% for the next quarter. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -2.70%.

7 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of $5.36 billion for the current quarter. 7 have an estimated revenue figure of $5.43 billion for the next quarter concluding in Jun 2024. Year-ago sales stood $5.29 billion and $5.98 billion respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 1.30% for the current quarter and -9.30% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -26.78% over the past 5 years.

CLF Dividends

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on April 22 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE:CLF)’s Major holders

Insiders own 1.63% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 72.43% with a share float percentage of 73.63%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Cleveland-Cliffs Inc having a total of 822 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are Vanguard Group Inc with over 50.82 million shares worth more than $851.78 million. As of Jun 29, 2023, Vanguard Group Inc held 9.99% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is Blackrock Inc., with the holding of over 50.25 million shares as of Jun 29, 2023. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $842.19 million and represent 9.88% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF. As of Jun 29, 2023, the former fund manager holds about 3.16% shares in the company for having 16.09 million shares of worth $269.59 million while later fund manager owns 15.91 million shares of worth $248.66 million as of Sep 29, 2023, which makes it owner of about 3.13% of company’s outstanding stock.