Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) reported Debt Ratio of 0.39 for Q1 2026, up 5.79% year-over-year from 0.36 in Q1 2025, and up 6.48% quarter-over-quarter from 0.36 in Q4 2025.
Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.39 in Q1 2026.
- Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.39, up 5.79% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.39 (up 5.79% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.36, up 7.46% from the prior year.
- Debt Ratio climbed to 0.39 in Q1 2026 per CLF's latest filing, from 0.36 in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.4 in Q3 2025 and troughed at 0.18 in Q4 2023.
- A 5-year average of 0.27 and a median of 0.23 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Debt Ratio declined 23.64% in 2022, then soared 88.55% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.23 in 2022, then dropped by 21.04% to 0.18 in 2023, then soared by 88.55% to 0.34 in 2024, then grew by 7.46% to 0.36 in 2025, then increased by 6.48% to 0.39 in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows CLF's Debt Ratio at 0.39 in Q1 2026, 0.36 in Q4 2025, and 0.4 in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ternium | 94.27 Bn | 84.31 Bn | 686.87 Mn | 0.16 |
| 2 | Nucor | 58.23 Bn | 56.84 Bn | 1.50 Bn | 0.20 |
| 3 | ArcelorMittal | 51.15 Bn | 48.81 Bn | - | 0.14 |
| 4 | Steel Dynamics | 38.88 Bn | 38.02 Bn | 763.22 Mn | 0.25 |
| 5 | Reliance | 20.36 Bn | 20.12 Bn | 1.17 Bn | 0.16 |
| 6 | Cleveland-Cliffs | 7.71 Bn | 7.86 Bn | -82.00 Mn | 0.39 |
| 7 | Algoma Steel | 2.77 Bn | 2.77 Bn | -92.32 | - |
| 8 | National Steel | 2.24 Bn | -552.84 Mn | 479.33 Mn | - |
| 9 | Worthington Steel | 2.07 Bn | 2.07 Bn | 76.10 Mn | 0.10 |
| 10 | NWPX Infrastructure | 1.13 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 26.67 Mn | 0.00 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.39 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.36 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.40 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.38 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.36 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.34 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.22 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.21 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.21 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.18 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.19 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.22 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.24 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.25 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.28 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.30 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.30 |