Cleveland-Cliffs vs Freeport-McMoRan
CLF and FCX side by side, both in materials. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CLF and FCX compare
Freeport-McMoRan is the larger company, worth 11 times as much as Cleveland-Cliffs ($89.7B against $8.1B).
Cleveland-Cliffs grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.0% versus 0.19% for Freeport-McMoRan).
Freeport-McMoRan pays a dividend yielding 0.96%; Cleveland-Cliffs does not pay one.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CLF | FCX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.1B | $89.7B |
| Share price | $14.25 | $62.47 |
| Change, 1 year | 1.1% | 48.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −36.3% | 68.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.78 | 1.45 |
| Employees | 25K | 29K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 5 | 5 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 30.8× |
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 3.5× |
| P/B | 1.5× (better) | 4.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | 56.3× | 11.8× (better) |
| FCF yield | −10.5% | – |
| Fair value | – | $48.63 |
| Margin of safety | – | −28.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.0% (better) | 0.19% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 28.3% (better) | 12.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 53.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | −1.1% | 27.1% (better) |
| Operating margin | −4.2% | 26.8% (better) |
| Net margin | −4.6% | – |
| FCF margin | −4.5% | – |
| Return on equity | −15.3% | – |
| Return on invested capital | −4.7% | 19.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.37 | 0.47 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 26.88 | 0.59 (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.89 | 2.07 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.29 | 2.99 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 1 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.96% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.23% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 1.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 84.3% | 86.9% |
| Held by insiders | 1.2% | 0.60% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$42.0M (better) | −$46.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 13.9% | 1.8% |
Go deeper
- CLF stock overview
- CLF income statement
- CLF valuation and score
- FCX stock overview
- FCX income statement
- FCX valuation and score
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