Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) versus The Competition Head-To-Head Comparison

Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) is one of 1,984 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Cleveland-Cliffs to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleveland-Cliffs’ peers have a beta of 1.01, meaning that their average stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cleveland-Cliffs and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cleveland-Cliffs	$18.61 billion	-$1.48 billion	-16.66
Cleveland-Cliffs Competitors	$174.33 billion	$279.03 million	-47.14

Cleveland-Cliffs’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Cleveland-Cliffs. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Cleveland-Cliffs and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cleveland-Cliffs	2	6	4	0	2.17
Cleveland-Cliffs Competitors	6394	22556	32247	1790	2.47

Cleveland-Cliffs currently has a consensus target price of $13.82, suggesting a potential downside of 2.41%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 28.72%. Given Cleveland-Cliffs’ peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cleveland-Cliffs has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Cleveland-Cliffs and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cleveland-Cliffs	-2.36%	-6.83%	-2.05%
Cleveland-Cliffs Competitors	-1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00%	-50.94%	-2.11%

Summary

Cleveland-Cliffs peers beat Cleveland-Cliffs on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Cleveland-Cliffs Company Profile

Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The company is vertically integrated from mining through iron making, steelmaking, rolling, finishing and downstream with hot and cold stamping of steel parts and components. The company was formerly known as Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and changed its name to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in August 2017. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.