Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

CLF stock score: 53/100

$14.03 · +2.78% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
60
Fundamental
46
News
59

The reading

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) scores 53 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 50% of Basic Materials stocks and 51% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 60, fundamentals 46.

Among the fundamentals, Fund Ownership at 100 and Earnings Quality (Quarterly) at 100 score highest, while Earnings Quality (Yearly) at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 72 and contrarian oscillators 30 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 59; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 38 to 66, and it is down 2 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward CLF’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

46

Pulling it up

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Earnings Quality (Quarterly)100

    Quarterly earnings quality assesses the sustainability and reliability of reported profits.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)97

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Quality (Yearly)0

    Annual earnings quality examines the durability and cash-backed nature of yearly profits.

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)0

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

  • Return on Equity (ROE)0

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

39 weighted scorers; 2 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

66

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Ichimoku Cloud100

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)0

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)2

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Money Flow Index (14)14

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
59

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly611
Daily663
Weekly662
Monthly542
Quarterly492

Composite score, last 90 days

05010053Jul 24, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 55Jul 25, 2026: 63Jul 26, 2026: 63Jul 27, 2026: 64Jul 28, 2026: 64Jul 29, 2026: 63Jul 30, 2026: 63Jul 31, 2026: 66Aug 2, 2026: 48Aug 3, 2026: 48Aug 5, 2026: 51Aug 6, 2026: 50Aug 7, 2026: 49Aug 8, 2026: 49Aug 9, 2026: 49Aug 10, 2026: 50Aug 11, 2026: 49Aug 12, 2026: 48Aug 13, 2026: 47Aug 14, 2026: 47Aug 15, 2026: 47Aug 16, 2026: 47Aug 17, 2026: 47Aug 18, 2026: 47Aug 19, 2026: 44Aug 20, 2026: 39Aug 22, 2026: 43Aug 23, 2026: 43Aug 24, 2026: 44Aug 25, 2026: 44Aug 26, 2026: 45Aug 27, 2026: 45Aug 28, 2026: 45Aug 29, 2026: 45Aug 30, 2026: 45Aug 31, 2026: 44Sep 1, 2026: 44Sep 2, 2026: 47Sep 3, 2026: 48Sep 4, 2026: 47Sep 5, 2026: 47Sep 6, 2026: 47Sep 7, 2026: 47Sep 8, 2026: 48Sep 9, 2026: 46Sep 10, 2026: 44Sep 11, 2026: 45Sep 12, 2026: 46Sep 13, 2026: 46Sep 14, 2026: 43Sep 15, 2026: 44Sep 16, 2026: 46Sep 17, 2026: 48Sep 18, 2026: 47Sep 19, 2026: 48Sep 20, 2026: 48Sep 21, 2026: 46Sep 22, 2026: 47Sep 23, 2026: 48Sep 24, 2026: 48Sep 25, 2026: 46Sep 26, 2026: 46Sep 27, 2026: 45Sep 28, 2026: 40Sep 29, 2026: 38Sep 30, 2026: 39Oct 1, 2026: 40Oct 2, 2026: 41Oct 3, 2026: 41Oct 4, 2026: 41Oct 5, 2026: 47Oct 6, 2026: 48Oct 7, 2026: 46Oct 8, 2026: 47Oct 9, 2026: 48Oct 10, 2026: 48Oct 11, 2026: 48Oct 12, 2026: 48Oct 13, 2026: 48Oct 14, 2026: 47Oct 15, 2026: 45Oct 16, 2026: 45Oct 17, 2026: 45Oct 18, 2026: 45Oct 19, 2026: 51Oct 20, 2026: 51Oct 21, 2026: 53
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 21, 202653
Oct 20, 202651
Oct 19, 202651
Oct 18, 202645
Oct 17, 202645
Oct 16, 202645
Oct 15, 202645
Oct 14, 202647
Oct 13, 202648
Oct 12, 202648
Oct 11, 202648
Oct 10, 202648
Oct 9, 202648
Oct 8, 202647
Oct 7, 202646
Oct 6, 202648
Oct 5, 202647
Oct 4, 202641
Oct 3, 202641
Oct 2, 202641
Oct 1, 202640
Sep 30, 202639
Sep 29, 202638
Sep 28, 202640
Sep 27, 202645
Sep 26, 202646
Sep 25, 202646
Sep 24, 202648
Sep 23, 202648
Sep 22, 202647
Sep 21, 202646
Sep 20, 202648
Sep 19, 202648
Sep 18, 202647
Sep 17, 202648
Sep 16, 202646
Sep 15, 202644
Sep 14, 202643
Sep 13, 202646
Sep 12, 202646
Sep 11, 202645
Sep 10, 202644
Sep 9, 202646
Sep 8, 202648
Sep 7, 202647
Sep 6, 202647
Sep 5, 202647
Sep 4, 202647
Sep 3, 202648
Sep 2, 202647
Sep 1, 202644
Aug 31, 202644
Aug 30, 202645
Aug 29, 202645
Aug 28, 202645
Aug 27, 202645
Aug 26, 202645
Aug 25, 202644
Aug 24, 202644
Aug 23, 202643
Aug 22, 202643
Aug 20, 202639
Aug 19, 202644
Aug 18, 202647
Aug 17, 202647
Aug 16, 202647
Aug 15, 202647
Aug 14, 202647
Aug 13, 202647
Aug 12, 202648
Aug 11, 202649
Aug 10, 202650
Aug 9, 202649
Aug 8, 202649
Aug 7, 202649
Aug 6, 202650
Aug 5, 202651
Aug 3, 202648
Aug 2, 202648
Jul 31, 202666
Jul 30, 202663
Jul 29, 202663
Jul 28, 202664
Jul 27, 202664
Jul 26, 202663
Jul 25, 202663
Jul 24, 202655

Key facts

Market cap
$8.0B
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Steel
Beta
2.09
Risk grade (1–10)
3
Next earnings
Oct 19, 2026

Steel peers

CompanyMarket capScore
MT ArcelorMittal$47.5B57
STLD Steel Dynamics$35.0B63
RS Reliance$21.3B62
PKX POSCO$17.0B45
GGB Gerdau$10.3B63
WS Worthington Steel$2.1B59

Questions

What is CLF's stock score today?

CLF scores 53/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 60, fundamental 46, and news sentiment 59, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is CLF a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 53 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the CLF score calculated?

101 weighted scorers feed it today: 39 fundamental, scored against Basic Materials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.