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Cleveland-Cliffs (Cleveland-Cliffs) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 6.57% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Cleveland-Cliffs's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13,484 Mil. Cleveland-Cliffs's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $886 Mil. Cleveland-Cliffs's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.57%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cleveland-Cliffs's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

CLF' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.97   Med: 8.83   Max: 40.75
Current: 6.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Cleveland-Cliffs was 40.75%. The lowest was -5.97%. And the median was 8.83%.

CLF's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
50.94% of 638 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 6.98 vs CLF: 6.80

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Cleveland-Cliffs's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 27.48%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Cleveland-Cliffs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cleveland-Cliffs's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.28 0.36 25.32 16.26 6.57

Cleveland-Cliffs Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.26 6.81 5.37 7.06 6.57

Competitive Comparison

For the Steel subindustry, Cleveland-Cliffs's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Cleveland-Cliffs's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cleveland-Cliffs's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Cleveland-Cliffs Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Cleveland-Cliffss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=886/13483.79254
=6.57 %

Cleveland-Cliffs's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $886 Mil.



Cleveland-Cliffs  (NYSE:CLF) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Cleveland-Cliffs (Cleveland-Cliffs) Business Description

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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