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Cleveland-Cliffs (Cleveland-Cliffs) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 4.13 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Cleveland-Cliffs's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Cleveland-Cliffs's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,137 Mil. Cleveland-Cliffs's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $760 Mil. Cleveland-Cliffs's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.13.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cleveland-Cliffs's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CLF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.04   Med: 4.12   Max: 15.27
Current: 1.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cleveland-Cliffs was 15.27. The lowest was 1.04. And the median was 4.12.

CLF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
61.87% of 493 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 2.63 vs CLF: 1.69

Cleveland-Cliffs Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cleveland-Cliffs's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cleveland-Cliffs Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.24 15.27 1.04 1.37 1.69

Cleveland-Cliffs Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.11 4.33 1.26 1.39 4.13

Competitive Comparison

For the Steel subindustry, Cleveland-Cliffs's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cleveland-Cliffs Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Cleveland-Cliffs's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cleveland-Cliffs's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Cleveland-Cliffs Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Cleveland-Cliffs's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 3137) / 1859
=1.69

Cleveland-Cliffs's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 3137) / 760
=4.13

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Cleveland-Cliffs  (NYSE:CLF) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Cleveland-Cliffs (Cleveland-Cliffs) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
200 Public Square, Suite 3300, Cleveland, OH, USA, 44114-2315
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc is a flat-rolled steel producer and manufacturer of iron ore pellets in North America. It has one reportable segment -Steelmaking. It is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling and tubing. It serves a diverse range of other markets due to its comprehensive offering of flat-rolled steel products. Geographically, it operates in the United States, Canada and other countries. The majority of revenue is from the United States. It is a supplier of steel to the automotive industry in North America.
Executives
Michael Ralph S Iii director
Goncalves Celso L Jr officer: EVP, CFO 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Arlene M Yocum director 99 PINE STREET, ALBANY NY 12207
Lourenco Goncalves director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO
Keith Koci officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer ONE RIVERWAY, SUITE 1100, HOUSTON TX 77056
Douglas C Taylor director 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Susan Miranda Green director 11211 LANDY COURT, KENSINGTON MD 20895
Janet L Miller director 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Fisher Robert P Jr director 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44067
John T Baldwin director 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Arcelormittal North America Holdings Llc other: Former 10% Owner 1 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET, 13TH FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60603
Rcelormittal other: Former 10% Owner 24-26, BOULEVARD D?AVRANCHES, L-1160 LUXEMBOURG, GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG N4 00000
Kimberly A Floriani officer: VP, Corp Controller & CAO 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
M Ann Harlan director
William K Gerber director 999 WEST BIG BEAVER ROAD, TROY MI 48084