NYSE:CLF - Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Cleveland-Cliffs trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CLF."

Cleveland-Cliffs announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 21st. Investors of record on Friday, April 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 4th. View Cleveland-Cliffs' Dividend History.

Cleveland-Cliffs announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Monday, November 26th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 7.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE:CLF) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 8th. The mining company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.02. The mining company earned $696.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $721.52 million. Cleveland-Cliffs had a negative return on equity of 509.82% and a net margin of 47.17%. The firm's revenue was up 36.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.07 EPS. View Cleveland-Cliffs' Earnings History.

Cleveland-Cliffs is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cleveland-Cliffs.

Cleveland-Cliffs will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

11 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Cleveland-Cliffs' stock. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect Cleveland-Cliffs' share price to reach $12.2750 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cleveland-Cliffs.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cleveland-Cliffs in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cleveland-Cliffs.

Media stories about CLF stock have been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cleveland-Cliffs earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the mining company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Cleveland-Cliffs saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 58,663,294 shares, an increase of 2.2% from the March 15th total of 57,378,643 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,428,904 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.2 days. Currently, 20.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Cleveland-Cliffs' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cleveland-Cliffs include First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF), Lundin Mining (LUNMF), Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN), EXXARO RESOURCE/S (EXXAY), IMPALA PLATINUM/S (IMPUY), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Pretium Resources (PVG), Centamin (CELTF), North American Palladium (PALDF), Lithium Americas (LAC), Royal Standard Minerals Inc USA (RYSMF), Mountain Province Diamonds (MPVD) and Fission Uranium (FCUUF).

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Cleveland-Cliffs' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hodges Capital Management Inc. (0.62%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.60%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.15%), Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.09%), Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. (0.02%) and Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Cleveland-Cliffs stock include Douglas C Taylor, Eric M Rychel, John T Baldwin, Joseph A Rutkowski, Keith Koci, Lourenco Goncalves and Susan Miranda Green. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cleveland-Cliffs.

CLF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Hodges Capital Management Inc., Hennessy Advisors Inc., Alpha Windward LLC, Regent Investment Management LLC and Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cleveland-Cliffs.

CLF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Foundry Partners LLC, Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC, Traynor Capital Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Strs Ohio and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Cleveland-Cliffs stock in the last two years include Douglas C Taylor, Eric M Rychel, John T Baldwin, Joseph A Rutkowski, Keith Koci and Lourenco Goncalves. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cleveland-Cliffs.

Shares of CLF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CLF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.23.

Cleveland-Cliffs has a market capitalization of $2.68 billion and generates $2.33 billion in revenue each year. The mining company earns $1.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.13 on an earnings per share basis. Cleveland-Cliffs employs 2,926 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cleveland-Cliffs is http://www.clevelandcliffs.com.

Cleveland-Cliffs' mailing address is 200 PUBLIC SQUARE SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH, 44114. The mining company can be reached via phone at 216-694-5700 or via email at [email protected]