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CLF (Cleveland-Cliffs) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.33 (As of Jun. 20, 2025)


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What is Cleveland-Cliffs Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-06-20), Cleveland-Cliffs's current share price is $6.98. Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.00. Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.33.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CLF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07   Med: 0.7   Max: 22.46
Current: 2.45

During the past years, Cleveland-Cliffs's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 22.46. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.70.

CLF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
79.69% of 517 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 0.87 vs CLF: 2.45

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Cleveland-Cliffs's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $12.647. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $3.00 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Cleveland-Cliffs Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Cleveland-Cliffs Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.29 2.64 3.33 9.32 4.58

Cleveland-Cliffs Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 15.48 21.42 10.31 4.58 2.74

Competitive Comparison of Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Steel subindustry, Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Cleveland-Cliffs Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=6.98/3.00
=2.33

* 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.

Cleveland-Cliffs's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Cleveland-Cliffs's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=12.647/134.9266*134.9266
=12.647

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Cleveland-Cliffs Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 -17.308 100.684 -23.194
201509 -17.361 100.392 -23.333
201512 -17.662 99.792 -23.880
201603 -10.222 100.470 -13.728
201606 -9.957 101.688 -13.212
201609 -6.697 101.861 -8.871
201612 -6.283 101.863 -8.322
201703 -2.801 102.862 -3.674
201706 -2.661 103.349 -3.474
201709 -2.810 104.136 -3.641
201712 -1.494 104.011 -1.938
201803 -1.629 105.290 -2.088
201806 -1.028 106.317 -1.305
201809 -0.289 106.507 -0.366
201812 1.450 105.998 1.846
201903 0.925 107.251 1.164
201906 1.058 108.070 1.321
201909 1.333 108.329 1.660
201912 1.326 108.420 1.650
202003 2.266 108.902 2.808
202006 1.986 108.767 2.464
202009 2.030 109.815 2.494
202012 4.226 109.897 5.189
202103 4.786 111.754 5.778
202106 6.470 114.631 7.615
202109 7.991 115.734 9.316
202112 10.977 117.630 12.591
202203 12.081 121.301 13.438
202206 13.008 125.017 14.039
202209 13.600 125.227 14.653
202212 15.177 125.222 16.353
202303 14.651 127.348 15.523
202306 15.338 128.729 16.076
202309 15.886 129.860 16.506
202312 15.621 129.419 16.286
202403 15.145 131.776 15.507
202406 15.191 132.554 15.463
202409 14.643 133.029 14.852
202412 13.491 133.157 13.670
202503 12.647 134.927 12.647

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Cleveland-Cliffs  (NYSE:CLF) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Cleveland-Cliffs Business Description

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 is organized into four operating segments based on differentiated products, Steelmaking, Tubular, Tooling and Stamping and European Operations, but operates through 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
James D Graham officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
John T Baldwin director 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Keith Koci officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer ONE RIVERWAY, SUITE 1100, HOUSTON TX 77056
Michael Ralph S Iii director
Goncalves Celso L Jr officer: EVP, CFO 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Douglas C Taylor director 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
Lourenco Goncalves director, officer: Chairman, President & CEO
Susan Miranda Green director 11211 LANDY COURT, KENSINGTON MD 20895
Arlene M Yocum director 99 PINE STREET, ALBANY NY 12207
Terry G. Fedor officer: EVP, United States Iron Ore 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44067
Clifford T Smith officer: EVP, Seaborne Iron Ore 200 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 3300, CLEVELAND OH 44114
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
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