Cleveland-Cliffs Debt to Equity Ratio 2012-2026 | CLF

Current and historical debt to equity ratio values for Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) over the last 10 years. The debt/equity ratio can be defined as a measure of a company's financial leverage calculated by dividing its long-term debt by stockholders' equity. Cleveland-Cliffs debt/equity for the three months ending March 31, 2026 was 1.15.
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Cleveland-Cliffs Debt/Equity Ratio Historical Data
Date Long Term Debt Shareholder's Equity Debt to Equity Ratio
2026-03-31 $14.10B $6.02B 2.34
2025-12-31 $13.69B $6.32B 2.17
2025-09-30 $14.58B $5.71B 2.56
2025-06-30 $14.43B $6.04B 2.39
2025-03-31 $14.35B $6.48B 2.21
2024-12-31 $14.08B $6.87B 2.05
2024-09-30 $9.70B $7.10B 1.37
2024-06-30 $9.56B $7.37B 1.30
2024-03-31 $9.79B $7.44B 1.32
2023-12-31 $9.42B $8.12B 1.16
2023-09-30 $9.80B $8.26B 1.19
2023-06-30 $10.26B $8.04B 1.28
2023-03-31 $10.86B $7.79B 1.39
2022-12-31 $10.71B $8.04B 1.33
2022-09-30 $12.42B $7.27B 1.71
2022-06-30 $13.05B $6.99B 1.87
2022-03-31 $13.16B $6.61B 1.99
2021-12-31 $13.20B $5.77B 2.29
2021-09-30 $13.78B $4.29B 3.21
2021-06-30 $14.21B $3.54B 4.01
2021-03-31 $13.76B $3.46B 3.98
2020-12-31 $14.43B $2.34B 6.16
2020-09-30 $7.36B $1.12B 6.55
2020-06-30 $7.37B $1.12B 6.59
2020-03-31 $7.68B $1.23B 6.24
2019-12-31 $3.15B $0.36B 8.79
2019-09-30 $3.13B $0.36B 8.70
2019-06-30 $3.11B $0.29B 10.88
2019-03-31 $3.05B $0.26B 11.63
2018-12-31 $3.11B $0.42B 7.32
2018-09-30 $3.21B $-0.09B -37.25
2018-06-30 $3.36B $-0.31B -10.96
2018-03-31 $3.35B $-0.49B -6.91
2017-12-31 $3.40B $-0.44B -7.65
2017-09-30 $2.76B $-0.83B -3.31
2017-06-30 $2.70B $-0.67B -4.05
2017-03-31 $2.63B $-0.70B -3.74
2016-12-31 $3.25B $-1.33B -2.45
2016-09-30 $3.17B $-1.40B -2.27
2016-06-30 $3.53B $-1.68B -2.10
2016-03-31 $3.58B $-1.70B -2.11
2015-12-31 $3.95B $-1.81B -2.18
2015-09-30 $4.03B $-1.76B -2.29
2015-06-30 $4.35B $-1.74B -2.50
2015-03-31 $4.49B $-1.78B -2.52
2014-12-31 $4.88B $-1.73B -2.82
2014-09-30 $4.99B $-0.18B -28.14
2014-06-30 $6.27B $6.83B 0.92
2014-03-31 $6.37B $6.84B 0.93
2013-12-31 $6.24B $6.88B 0.91
2013-09-30 $6.63B $6.94B 0.96
2013-06-30 $6.81B $6.78B 1.00
2013-03-31 $6.96B $6.86B 1.02
2012-12-31 $7.81B $5.76B 1.36
2012-09-30 $7.61B $7.69B 0.99
2012-06-30 $7.59B $7.61B 1.00
2012-03-31 $7.46B $7.43B 1.00
2011-12-31 $7.50B $7.04B 1.07
2011-09-30 $7.09B $6.85B 1.04
2011-06-30 $7.15B $6.52B 1.10
2011-03-31 $4.68B $4.27B 1.10
2010-12-31 $3.94B $3.84B 1.03
2010-09-30 $3.63B $3.45B 1.05
2010-06-30 $2.65B $2.99B 0.88
2010-03-31 $2.71B $2.83B 0.96
2009-12-31 $2.10B $2.54B 0.83
2009-09-30 $2.10B $2.41B 0.87
2009-06-30 $2.03B $2.27B 0.90
2009-03-31 $2.28B $1.74B 1.31
2008-12-31 $2.36B $1.75B 1.34
2008-09-30 $2.62B $1.69B 1.55
2008-06-30 $2.38B $1.66B 1.43
2008-03-31 $1.94B $1.36B 1.43
2007-12-31 $1.78B $1.30B 1.37
2007-09-30 $1.90B $1.16B 1.64
2007-06-30 $1.15B $1.07B 1.07
2007-03-31 $1.23B $0.78B 1.59
2006-12-31 $1.02B $0.92B 1.11
2006-09-30 $0.92B $0.93B 0.99
2006-06-30 $0.95B $0.87B 1.10
2006-03-31 $0.92B $0.85B 1.09
2005-12-31 $0.92B $0.82B 1.12
2005-09-30 $0.81B $0.80B 1.02
2005-06-30 $0.88B $0.71B 1.25
2005-03-31 $0.87B $0.62B 1.40
2004-12-31 $0.64B $0.60B 1.07
2004-09-30 $0.64B $0.46B 1.40
2004-06-30 $0.62B $0.40B 1.58
2004-03-31 $0.63B $0.39B 1.59
2003-12-31 $0.65B $0.23B 2.87
2003-09-30 $0.67B $0.06B 11.38
2003-06-30 $0.64B $0.06B 10.41
2003-03-31 $0.65B $0.08B 7.76
2002-12-31 $0.65B $0.08B 8.21
2002-09-30 $0.52B $0.27B 1.91
2002-06-30 $0.52B $0.36B 1.43
2002-03-31 $0.53B $0.36B 1.45
2001-12-31 $0.45B $0.37B 1.21
2001-09-30 $0.41B $0.38B 1.08
2001-06-30 $0.41B $0.38B 1.08
2001-03-31 $0.37B $0.39B 0.96
2000-12-31 $0.33B $0.40B 0.81
2000-09-30 $0.28B $0.41B 0.70
2000-06-30 $0.28B $0.41B 0.68
2000-03-31 $0.26B $0.40B 0.66
1999-12-31 $0.27B $0.41B 0.67
1999-09-30 $0.27B $0.42B 0.65
1999-06-30 $0.28B $0.44B 0.63
1999-03-31 $0.27B $0.44B 0.63
1998-12-31 $0.29B $0.44B 0.65
1998-09-30 $0.28B $0.42B 0.67
1998-06-30 $0.28B $0.42B 0.66
1998-03-31 $0.27B $0.41B 0.66
1997-12-31 $0.29B $0.41B 0.70
1997-09-30 $0.28B $0.40B 0.72
1997-06-30 $0.28B $0.38B 0.73
1997-03-31 $0.28B $0.37B 0.76
1996-12-31 $0.30B $0.37B 0.82
1996-09-30 $0.30B $0.36B 0.86
1996-06-30 $0.29B $0.35B 0.82
1996-03-31 $0.29B $0.34B 0.83
1995-12-31 $0.30B $0.34B 0.88
1995-09-30 $0.29B $0.33B 0.86
1995-06-30 $0.29B $0.32B 0.91
1995-03-31 $0.29B $0.31B 0.94
1994-12-31 $0.31B $0.31B 0.98
1994-09-30 $0.29B $0.30B 0.98
1994-06-30 $0.26B $0.29B 0.89
1994-03-31 $0.25B $0.28B 0.90
1993-12-31 $0.27B $0.28B 0.94
1993-09-30 $0.26B $0.27B 0.98
1993-06-30 $0.30B $0.26B 1.12
1993-03-31 $0.26B $0.27B 0.97
1992-12-31 $0.27B $0.27B 0.99
1992-09-30 $0.22B $0.31B 0.69
1992-06-30 $0.21B $0.30B 0.69
1992-03-31 $0.18B $0.29B 0.60
1991-12-31 $0.19B $0.29B 0.65
1991-09-30 $0.19B $0.28B 0.67
1991-06-30 $0.19B $0.27B 0.71
1991-03-31 $0.21B $0.26B 0.80
1990-12-31 $0.22B $0.29B 0.75
1990-09-30 $0.20B $0.24B 0.84
1990-06-30 $0.18B $0.24B 0.74
1990-03-31 $0.17B $0.23B 0.76
1989-12-31 $0.19B $0.23B 0.84
1989-09-30 $0.19B $0.21B 0.87
1989-06-30 $0.19B $0.20B 0.95
1989-03-31 $0.20B $0.18B 1.07
1988-12-31 $0.22B $0.17B 1.29
1988-09-30 $0.23B $0.16B 1.41
1988-06-30 $0.24B $0.15B 1.63
1988-03-31 $0.25B $0.39B 0.64
1987-12-31 $0.27B $0.40B 0.68
1987-09-30 $0.30B $0.36B 0.83
1987-06-30 $0.30B $0.30B 1.01
1987-03-31 $0.33B $0.32B 1.04
1986-12-31 $0.19B $0.33B 0.58
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Basic Materials Steel Producers $5.156B $18.610B
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America. It is also the biggest flat-rolled steel producer in the region. The company is a major producer of iron ore pellets and it mainly sells products to integrated steel companies through this division in the United States and Canada. Cleveland-Cliffs updated its segment structure following the ArcelorMittal USA buyout and now has one reportable segment, Steelmaking. The earlier Mining and Pelletizing division is now included within Steelmaking while other remaining operating segments including Tooling and Stamping are classified as Other Businesses. The company's Steelmaking operations makes flat-rolled carbon, stainless, electrical, plate, tinplate and long steel products. It provides carbon and stainless-steel tubing products, die design and tooling, as well as hot and cold-stamped components.
Stock Name Country Market Cap PE Ratio
ArcelorMittal (MT) Luxembourg $46.996B 15.79
Nucor (NUE) United States $42.368B 24.08
Steel Dynamics (STLD) United States $27.580B 23.79
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal (NPSCY) Japan $20.044B 0.00
SSAB (SSAAY) Sweden $8.581B 17.22
Gerdau S.A (GGB) Brazil $8.451B 13.65
Ternium S.A (TX) Luxembourg $8.378B 16.39
Commercial Metals (CMC) United States $7.295B 12.88
ThyssenKrupp AG (TKAMY) Germany $6.198B 5.96
ThyssenKrupp AG (TYEKF) Germany $5.974B 5.75
Acerinox (ANIOY) Spain $3.962B 0.00
Aperam (APEMY) Luxembourg $3.258B 89.04
Salzgitter AG (SZGPY) Germany $2.823B 0.00
Outokumpu (OUTKY) Finland $2.545B 0.00
Jfe Holdings (JFEEF) Japan $2.103B 21.88
National Steel (SID) Brazil $1.711B 0.00
Usinas Siderurgicas De Minas Gerais SA (USNZY) Brazil $0.759B 19.79
Olympic Steel (ZEUS) United States $0.536B 46.47
Algoma Steel Group (ASTL) Canada $0.495B 0.00
L.B Foster (FSTR) United States $0.309B 43.48
ZK Group (ZKIN) China $0.009B 0.00
Mechel PAO (MTL) Russia $0.000B 0.00