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CLF vs. STLD, CMC, NUE, RS, CRS, ATI, WOR, ZEUS, PKX, and TX

Should you be buying Cleveland-Cliffs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cleveland-Cliffs include Steel Dynamics (STLD), Commercial Metals (CMC), Nucor (NUE), Reliance (RS), Carpenter Technology (CRS), ATI (ATI), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), POSCO (PKX), and Ternium (TX).

Cleveland-Cliffs vs. Its Competitors

Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Cleveland-Cliffs presently has a consensus target price of $11.93, suggesting a potential downside of 14.92%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus target price of $149.89, suggesting a potential upside of 3.56%. Given Steel Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Steel Dynamics is more favorable than Cleveland-Cliffs.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cleveland-Cliffs
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10
Steel Dynamics
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Steel Dynamics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cleveland-Cliffs. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Steel Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cleveland-Cliffs$18.46B0.38-$754M-$3.41-4.11
Steel Dynamics$17.54B1.21$1.54B$6.8621.10

Cleveland-Cliffs pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Steel Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Cleveland-Cliffs pays out -7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Steel Dynamics pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Steel Dynamics has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Cleveland-Cliffs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 6.07% compared to Cleveland-Cliffs' net margin of -9.03%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 11.88% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cleveland-Cliffs-9.03% -17.97% -6.03%
Steel Dynamics 6.07%11.88%6.71%

67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Cleveland-Cliffs had 13 more articles in the media than Steel Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs and 22 mentions for Steel Dynamics. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.04 indicating that Steel Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cleveland-Cliffs
5 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Steel Dynamics
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Steel Dynamics beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CLF vs. The Competition

MetricCleveland-CliffsSTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.92B$8.44B$3.85B$21.91B
Dividend YieldN/A2.98%5.05%3.62%
P/E Ratio-4.1027.29159.7730.12
Price / Sales0.380.5025,986.94105.41
Price / Cash11.498.2626.8924.26
Price / Book1.000.837.454.69
Net Income-$754M$275.78M$148.99M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-1.22%-2.49%3.99%0.40%
1 Month Performance19.48%0.90%16.90%1.50%
1 Year Performance7.49%31.53%69.32%13.02%

Cleveland-Cliffs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
1.7309 of 5 stars
$13.96
+0.1%
$11.93
-14.5%
+8.0%$6.89B$18.46B-4.0830,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.5851 of 5 stars
$141.54
-2.4%
$148.78
+5.1%
+13.7%$20.84B$17.15B20.6313,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CMC
Commercial Metals
3.924 of 5 stars
$58.61
flat
$60.39
+3.0%
+12.3%$6.56B$7.68B189.0613,178Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NUE
Nucor
4.9708 of 5 stars
$135.57
-1.8%
$156.60
+15.5%
-9.8%$31.12B$30.81B24.4732,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RS
Reliance
4.3778 of 5 stars
$280.92
-1.1%
$328.80
+17.0%
-6.3%$14.77B$13.84B20.5115,900Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CRS
Carpenter Technology
4.2051 of 5 stars
$251.95
+1.8%
$278.33
+10.5%
+55.2%$12.56B$2.88B33.964,500Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
ATI
ATI
3.6543 of 5 stars
$83.76
+3.1%
$93.29
+11.4%
+33.5%$11.54B$4.36B29.087,700
WOR
Worthington Enterprises
4.1747 of 5 stars
$55.43
-0.4%
$62.33
+12.5%
+42.7%$2.76B$1.20B26.023,400
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
4.0303 of 5 stars
$29.57
-3.9%
$38.00
+28.5%
-28.7%$331.07M$1.88B24.232,163
PKX
POSCO
2.7054 of 5 stars
$48.60
-0.6%
N/A-21.8%$14.75B$71.89T60.0044,502
TX
Ternium
2.5773 of 5 stars
$36.13
+0.1%
$32.67
-9.6%
+4.0%$7.24B$16.24B11.9233,949News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:CLF) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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