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CLF vs. STLD, CMC, NUE, CRS, X, ATI, WOR, RDUS, ZEUS, and RS

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), Carpenter Technology (CRS), United States Steel (X), ATI (ATI), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Olympic Steel (ZEUS), and Reliance (RS). These companies are all part of the "steel" industry.

Cleveland-Cliffs vs. Its Competitors

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

Cleveland-Cliffs presently has a consensus price target of $10.23, indicating a potential upside of 20.38%. Steel Dynamics has a consensus price target of $148.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.87%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cleveland-Cliffs is more favorable than Steel Dynamics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cleveland-Cliffs
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Steel Dynamics
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Steel Dynamics has a net margin of 6.80% compared to Cleveland-Cliffs' net margin of -6.35%. Steel Dynamics' return on equity of 13.26% beat Cleveland-Cliffs' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cleveland-Cliffs-6.35% -12.84% -4.74%
Steel Dynamics 6.80%13.26%7.60%

Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Steel Dynamics has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cleveland-Cliffs had 8 more articles in the media than Steel Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cleveland-Cliffs and 5 mentions for Steel Dynamics. Steel Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Cleveland-Cliffs' score of 0.43 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)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Steel Dynamics
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Steel Dynamics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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$19.19B0.22-$754M-$2.44-3.48
Steel Dynamics$17.22B1.15$1.54B$7.5717.63

Summary

Steel Dynamics beats Cleveland-Cliffs on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CLF vs. The Competition

MetricCleveland-CliffsSTEEL IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.36B$7.83B$3.29B$20.71B
Dividend YieldN/A2.92%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio-3.4833.6696.2627.80
Price / Sales0.220.4827,181,161,885,806,000.0047.05
Price / Cash7.267.3423.9218.22
Price / Book0.610.795.984.59
Net Income-$754M$280.11M$147.60M$982.91M
7 Day Performance4.42%3.13%1.87%0.65%
1 Month Performance11.84%5.67%4.69%4.26%
1 Year Performance-45.02%8.86%25.97%13.93%

Cleveland-Cliffs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
2.2615 of 5 stars
$8.50
-3.6%
$10.23
+20.4%
-45.7%$4.36B$19.19B-3.4830,000
STLD
Steel Dynamics
4.8209 of 5 stars
$129.11
-1.2%
$148.00
+14.6%
+7.3%$19.17B$17.54B17.0613,000Positive News
CMC
Commercial Metals
4.4019 of 5 stars
$49.15
-1.4%
$57.21
+16.4%
-3.0%$5.50B$7.93B158.5513,178Positive News
NUE
Nucor
4.8007 of 5 stars
$130.34
-0.4%
$150.00
+15.1%
-10.9%$30.08B$30.73B23.1928,800Positive News
CRS
Carpenter Technology
4.1004 of 5 stars
$275.42
-0.1%
$278.33
+1.1%
+167.6%$13.71B$2.92B39.014,600Positive News
X
United States Steel
2.7024 of 5 stars
$54.97
+0.2%
$43.80
-20.3%
+42.0%$12.45B$15.64B189.5622,053
ATI
ATI
2.8269 of 5 stars
$86.68
-0.1%
$78.29
-9.7%
+55.2%$12.23B$4.36B31.417,700
WOR
Worthington Enterprises
3.6166 of 5 stars
$63.38
-0.7%
$59.00
-6.9%
+44.7%$3.16B$1.15B33.183,800
RDUS
Radius Recycling
2.5035 of 5 stars
$29.65
+0.0%
$22.00
-25.8%
+96.1%$836.13M$2.74B-2.973,011News Coverage
Earnings Report
ZEUS
Olympic Steel
3.6483 of 5 stars
$32.60
-1.3%
$41.00
+25.8%
-18.1%$363.82M$1.94B22.802,163
RS
Reliance
3.4061 of 5 stars
$315.36
-0.5%
$315.00
-0.1%
+15.4%$16.58B$13.67B22.6115,900

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This page (NYSE:CLF) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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