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 Friday, October 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 3rd. View Cleveland-Cliffs' Dividend History.

Cleveland-Cliffs announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Monday, November 26th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 7.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE:CLF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 19th. The mining company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.02. The mining company had revenue of $742 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $736.06 million. Cleveland-Cliffs had a net margin of 36.43% and a negative return on equity of 146.72%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.36 earnings per share. View Cleveland-Cliffs' Earnings History.

Cleveland-Cliffs is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 8th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cleveland-Cliffs.

Cleveland-Cliffs will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 8th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

12 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Cleveland-Cliffs' stock. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $14.00. On average, they expect Cleveland-Cliffs' share price to reach $10.95 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cleveland-Cliffs.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cleveland-Cliffs in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cleveland-Cliffs.

News headlines about CLF stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cleveland-Cliffs earned a news sentiment score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the mining company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Cleveland-Cliffs saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 46,181,613 shares, a decrease of 5.8% from the December 14th total of 49,034,497 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,916,616 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.8 days. Currently, 15.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Cleveland-Cliffs' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cleveland-Cliffs include First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF), Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN), Lundin Mining (LUNMF), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), VEDA RESO/PAR VTG FPD 0.1 (VDNRF), EXXARO RESOURCE/S (EXXAY), Royal Standard Minerals Inc USA (RYSMF), IMPALA PLATINUM/S (IMPUY), Centamin (CELTF), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Nexa Resources (NEXA), Pretium Resources (PVG), North American Palladium (PALDF), Lithium Americas (LAC) and Mountain Province Diamonds (MPVD).

Cleveland-Cliffs' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.69%) 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, 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 Hennessy Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cleveland-Cliffs.

CLF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ipswich Investment Management Co. 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 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 $8.41.

Cleveland-Cliffs has a market capitalization of $2.56 billion and generates $2.33 billion in revenue each year. The mining company earns $367 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.50 on an earnings per share basis. Cleveland-Cliffs employs 2,938 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]