Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) Stock Analysis
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Basic Materials · Steel
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $10.54: Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Cleveland-Cliffs is a vertically integrated North American flat-rolled steel producer with ~25,000 employees, mining iron ore through primary steelmaking to downstream finishing. Revenue in 2025 came 30% from direct automotive, 29% infrastructure & manufacturing, 28%... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $10.54: Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: RSI 55 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 61d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Latest news
- Stanley Druckenmiller Dumps Amazon And Alphabet While Loading Up On Commodities, Argentina And Biotech — benzinga May 18, 2026 neutral
- Consumer Tech News (Apr 27-May 1): Tech Buzz Builds As Earnings Season Drives Market Moves — benzinga May 3, 2026 neutral
- Cleveland-Cliffs Taps Palantir To Power AI Overhaul — benzinga Apr 28, 2026 positive
- Cleveland‑Cliffs Signs 3-Year Agreement With Palantir; Financial Terms Not Disclosed — benzinga Apr 28, 2026 positive
- Nasdaq 100 Eases From Records As Brent Tops $108: Stock Market Today — benzinga Apr 27, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $10.54: Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10. Specifically: High short interest: 15%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: RSI 55 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $9.91. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $11.19 (+5.0% upside). Prior stop was $9.91. Stop-loss: $9.91.
Target reached (-12.9% upside); Quality below floor (1.9 < 4.0).
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 23.0). TrendMatrix value score: 7.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
22 analysts cover CLF with a consensus score of 2.7/5. Average price target: $11.
What does Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. do?Cleveland-Cliffs is a vertically integrated North American flat-rolled steel producer with ~25,000 employees, mining...
Cleveland-Cliffs is a vertically integrated North American flat-rolled steel producer with ~25,000 employees, mining iron ore through primary steelmaking to downstream finishing. Revenue in 2025 came 30% from direct automotive, 29% infrastructure & manufacturing, 28% distributors, and 13% steel producers, with 35-40% of flat-rolled shipments under fixed-price contracts.