Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesCleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) reported a relatively mundane q1’24 as the firm faces some headwinds and geopolitical pressure in the steel markets. As the domestic market gyrates between automotive OEM production and service center orders, China is drawing down steel inventory in an attempt to normalize localized steel prices by selling internationally. Though I anticipate this to have minimal impact on Cleveland-Cliffs’ long-term steel sales premiums through the ...

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) reported a net loss of $53 million or 14 cents per share in the first quarter of 2024, compared with a loss of $42 million or 11 cents a year ago.Adjusted earnings were 18 cents per share against a loss of 11 cents in the same quarter of the previous year. The figure fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 19 cents.Revenues dropped around 1.8% from the year-ago quarter’s levels to $5,199 million. The top line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5,293.6 million. Operatio ...

Earnings disappointed, but looking under the hood, the sell-off could be an opportunity.Shares of steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF -9.83%) were falling hard in Tuesday trading, down 9.7% as of 2:10 p.m. ET.Investors apparently took exception with Cliffs missing on revenues and earnings per share in its first-quarter results, which were reported last night. However, the miss appears to be due to an unusual issue with one of Cliffs' customer segments, which appears to have been resolved at the end of the quar ...

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE:CLF) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call April 23, 2024 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Celso Goncalves - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Lourenco Goncalves - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Lucas Pipes - B. Riley Securities Bill Peterson - JPMorgan Phil Gibbs - KeyBanc Capital Markets Alex Hacking - Citi Tristan Gresser - BNP Parabas Lawson Winder - Bank of America Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is ...

First-Quarter 2024 Earnings Presentation © 2024 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. All Rights Reserved. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other than historical facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry or our businesses, are forward-looking statements. We caution investors that any forward-look ...

Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.18 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.19 per share. This compares to loss of $0.11 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -5.26%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this mining company would post a loss of $0.07 per share when it actually produced a loss of $0.05, delivering a surprise of 28.57%.Over the last four quarters, the company h ...

EXHIBIT 99.1 NEWS RELEASE Cleveland-Cliffs Reports First-Quarter 2024 Results and Announces New $1.5 Billion Share Repurchase Program During the first quarter of 2024, the Company repurchased 30.4 million CLF common shares, fully utilizing the remaining balance of $608 million under the previously authorized $1 billion share repurchase program. The average stock purchase price for the entire program was $18.79 per share. Following the completion of the program, the Cliffs Board of Directors has authorized a ...

Things seemed to be slowing down after interest rates were raised eleven times in the previous 18 months, but according to the most recent data, the inflation rate for the last 12 months as of March is 3.5%, which has many people searching for steel stocks to sell from their portfolio.The logic is straightforward. Steel stocks are closely linked to the overall economy and are part of a very cyclical sector. Because markets were anticipating at least three rate decreases in 2024, the first quarter was favora ...

In its upcoming report, Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) is predicted by Wall Street analysts to post quarterly earnings of $0.24 per share, reflecting an increase of 318.2% compared to the same period last year. Revenues are forecasted to be $5.31 billion, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.2%.The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 10.8% lower over the last 30 days to the current level. This reflects how the analysts covering the stock have collectively reevaluated their initial estimat ...

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF) is slated to release first-quarter 2024 results after the closing bell on Apr 22.The company beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in three of the last four quarters, while posted in-line result once. It has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of roughly 24.7%, on average. Cleveland-Cliffs is likely to have gained from healthy overall volumes, higher selling prices and lower steelmaking unit costs in the first quarter.The stock has gained 22.4% in a year’s time com ...