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Company snapshot — Cleveland-Cliffs Inc

CLF in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Cleveland-Cliffs makes steel products in the United States and Canada, including hot-rolled, cold-rolled and coated sheet, plate, and stainless and electrical steel. It also mines iron ore and processes scrap, pellets and direct-reduced iron, supplying automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing customers and other steel producers. It is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and traces back to a business founded in the nineteenth century.
Where it sits in the stack
Cleveland-Cliffs sits outside Closelook's Rubin and Halo sleeves, which track the AI build-out; it belongs instead to the Basic Materials sector, within the Steel industry, in the traditional industrial part of our universe.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group does not list a set for this name; the comparison the market draws is with U.S. Steel, another domestic integrated steelmaker.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score or peer group yet, and it has not been quoted in our editions.
What the diary watches
Whether steel demand from automotive and infrastructure customers holds up, since that is what would move a name priced mainly on domestic industrial activity.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CLF) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CLF, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by BofA, 2026-09-07

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CLF from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target BofA — target 13 from 12 Target raised to $13 from $12 (+4% to spot) 2026-09-07

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Steel · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Steel · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CLF on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CLF)?

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc trades as CLF on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CLF in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Cleveland-Cliffs Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does CLF trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +9% vs the 50-day and +9.4% vs the 200-day average, 25.1% below the 52-week high and +61.7% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 1 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Cleveland-Cliffs Inc do?

Cleveland-Cliffs makes steel products in the United States and Canada, including hot-rolled, cold-rolled and coated sheet, plate, and stainless and electrical steel. It also mines iron ore and processes scrap, pellets and direct-reduced iron, supplying automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing customers and other steel producers. It is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and traces back to a business founded in the nineteenth century. Closelook's peer group does not list a set for this name; the comparison the market draws is with U.S. Steel, another domestic integrated steelmaker.

Where does Cleveland-Cliffs Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Cleveland-Cliffs sits outside Closelook's Rubin and Halo sleeves, which track the AI build-out; it belongs instead to the Basic Materials sector, within the Steel industry, in the traditional industrial part of our universe. It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score or peer group yet, and it has not been quoted in our editions.

What has Wall Street done on Cleveland-Cliffs Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Cleveland-Cliffs Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by BofA on 2026-09-07 (target 13 from 12). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CLF, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Steel, then Basic Materials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.