Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) reported FCF Margin of 9.69% for Q1 2026, up 118.0% year-over-year from 4.45% in Q1 2025, and down 173.19% quarter-over-quarter from 3.55% in Q4 2025.

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 9.69% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 9.69%, up 118.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.27% (down 42.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.5%, down 242.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin slipped to 9.69% in Q1 2026 per CLF's latest filing, from 3.55% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 14.71% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 15.65% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.75% and a median of 0.77% in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • On a YoY basis, FCF Margin climbed as much as 1771 bps in 2022 and fell as far as 58631 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 5.19% in 2022, then jumped by 83 bps to 9.53% in 2023, then tumbled by 264 bps to 15.65% in 2024, then soared by 77 bps to 3.55% in 2025, then plunged by 173 bps to 9.69% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CLF's FCF Margin at 9.69% in Q1 2026, 3.55% in Q4 2025, and 6.34% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Ternium 94.27 Bn 84.31 Bn 686.87 Mn 15.84%
2 Nucor 58.23 Bn 56.84 Bn 1.50 Bn 2.37%
3 ArcelorMittal 51.15 Bn 48.81 Bn - -0.06%
4 Steel Dynamics 38.88 Bn 38.02 Bn 763.22 Mn 0.20%
5 Reliance 20.36 Bn 20.12 Bn 1.17 Bn 2.17%
6 Cleveland-Cliffs 7.71 Bn 7.86 Bn -82.00 Mn -9.69%
7 Algoma Steel 2.77 Bn 2.77 Bn -92.32 -6.87%
8 National Steel 2.24 Bn -552.84 Mn 479.33 Mn -7.32%
9 Worthington Steel 2.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 76.10 Mn 4.33%
10 NWPX Infrastructure 1.13 Bn 1.11 Bn 26.67 Mn 20.23%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -9.69%
Dec 31, 2025 -3.55%
Sep 30, 2025 -6.34%
Jun 30, 2025 -1.36%
Mar 31, 2025 -10.87%
Dec 31, 2024 -15.65%
Sep 30, 2024 -5.14%
Jun 30, 2024 10.04%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.77%
Dec 31, 2023 9.53%
Sep 30, 2023 10.79%
Jun 30, 2023 14.71%
Mar 31, 2023 -4.29%
Dec 31, 2022 5.19%
Sep 30, 2022 5.09%
Jun 30, 2022 9.99%
Mar 31, 2022 4.99%
Dec 31, 2021 591.50%
Sep 30, 2021 22.34%
Jun 30, 2021 6.92%