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How Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. stacks up
CLF · against 195 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
19/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #186 of 196 · scores higher than 5% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including CLF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 19?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 91% of peers. Operating margin: -7.8% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 76% of peers. Return on assets: -0.1% vs peer median 2.5%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.0% vs peer median 6.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CLF, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CLF | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 188 reported | 8.0% | 11.5% | 33% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 195 reported | -7.8% | 13.4% | 3% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 177 reported | -0.1% | 5.2% | 6% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 175 reported | -7.3% | 12.2% | 4% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 196 reported | 1.5% | 32.0% | 0% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CLFScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score