CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC NEW CLF
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 185899101 · ISIN US1858991011
American steelmaking company
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryMetal Mining
- HeadquartersCleveland, OH
- Founded1846
- Websiteclevelandcliffs.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($3.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 494.5m as of 2025-02-25, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $9.40. Options: 51 managers hold calls ($577.6m notional), 27 hold puts ($247.0m).
Trends to Q4 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 594 |
| Q4 2022 | 615 |
| Q1 2023 | 613 |
| Q2 2023 | 576 |
| Q3 2023 | 607 |
| Q4 2023 | 623 |
| Q1 2024 | 636 |
| Q2 2024 | 613 |
| Q3 2024 | 565 |
| Q4 2024 | 573 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 285 | 284 |
| Q2 2023 | 254 | 300 |
| Q3 2023 | 268 | 254 |
| Q4 2023 | 220 | 329 |
| Q1 2024 | 266 | 307 |
| Q2 2024 | 264 | 327 |
| Q3 2024 | 253 | 332 |
| Q4 2024 | 274 | 265 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $567.4m | $485.4m | 0.86 |
| Q2 2024 | $514.9m | $274.6m | 0.53 |
| Q3 2024 | $520.6m | $325.3m | 0.62 |
| Q4 2024 | $577.6m | $247.0m | 0.43 |
Biggest buyers
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +6.1m |
| FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD/ CAN | New | +5.9m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +5.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +4.5m |
| Slate Path Capital LP | Added | +4.2m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +4.2m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +2.7m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +2.6m |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | Added | +2.4m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +2.1m |
Biggest sellers
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Reduced | -25.8m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -5.3m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -4.3m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -2.0m |
| KBC Group NV | Reduced | -1.6m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -1.5m |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | Reduced | -1.5m |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Sold out | -1.3m |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD | Sold out | -1.1m |
Biggest calls
| UBS Group AG | Added | $102.4m10.9m shares |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | New | $84.7m9.0m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $77.2m8.2m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $39.0m4.2m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $35.6m3.8m shares |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | $29.1m3.1m shares |
| MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $28.2m3.0m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $19.8m2.1m shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $19.6m2.1m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $12.6m1.3m shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $67.4m7.2m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $48.7m5.2m shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $36.1m3.8m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $15.2m1.6m shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $13.2m1.4m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $8.8m937.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $8.1m864.1k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $8.0m850.3k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Unchanged | $6.8m719.6k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $5.9m627.2k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-17 | 8.9% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution -1.1 pts · filed 2026-08-07 | 5.8% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.1m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 5 | $1.9m | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 2 | $546.1k | 5 | $5.0m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 6 | $2.0m | 1 | $535.3k | — |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | $116.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $18.3k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-20 | Bloom Ron A. Director | Sold | $18.3k1.6k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 50.0m $470.0m | Added +4.5m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 48.8m $458.3m | Added +2.6m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.1m $207.7m | Added +1.2m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 21.2m $199.7m | Added +647.3k |
| Slate Path Capital LP 2.75% of their portfolio | 16.2m $152.4m | Added +4.2m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.5m $79.6m | Added +264.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.0m $75.5m | Added +564.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.4m $69.4m | Added +1.2m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 7.1m $66.7m | Added +5.1m |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.5m $61.3m | Added +4.2m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 6.5m $60.9m | Added +6.1m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.0m $56.8m | Added +607.2k |
| FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD/ CAN 3.56% of their portfolio | 5.9m $55.5m | New |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.8m $45.4m | Reduced -569.8k |
| Drexel Morgan & Co. 8.34% of their portfolio | 4.3m $40.4m | Added +1.1m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.2m $39.3m | Added +425.0k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 4.0m $37.5m | Added +2.4m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.0m $37.2m | Added +779.1k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.8m $35.9m | Reduced -13.4k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.22% of their portfolio | 3.8m $35.6m | Added +981.3k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.6m $34.0m | Added +2.1m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.6m $33.4m | Added +1.5m |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 3.5m $32.9m | Added +217.5k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.4m $32.2m | Reduced -2.0m |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. 1.91% of their portfolio | 3.3m $31.2m | Added +391.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.3m $30.7m | Added +151.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.8m $26.4m | Added +2.7m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.8m $26.2m | Added +461.9k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.7m $25.8m | Added +1.7m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.3m $21.8m | Added +16.7k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $21.7m | Reduced -5.3m |
| Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 2.3m $21.4m | Reduced -520.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $20.4m | Added +1.0m |
| Stonegate Investment Group, LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 2.0m $19.0m | New |
| MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.21% of their portfolio | 2.0m $18.8m | Reduced -10.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $14.5m | Reduced -467.5k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.5m $14.1m | Added +823.6k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.5m $13.8m | Added +1.1m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $13.4m | Reduced -388.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $13.2m | Reduced -30.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $12.9m | Reduced -179.7k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $12.8m | Added +45.5k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.3m $12.4m | Reduced -92.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $12.4m | Added +166.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $12.2m | Added +242.4k |
| EASTERLY INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC 0.95% of their portfolio | 1.3m $12.0m | Added +1.1m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $11.8m | Added +261.6k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $11.3m | Added +20.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $10.5m | Added +28.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $10.2m | Added +168.4k |
| EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD HOLDING S.A. 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.1m $10.1m | Reduced -25.0k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $10.0m | Reduced -109.8k |
| Terril Brothers, Inc. 3.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $9.9m | Added +15.4k |
| WEXFORD CAPITAL LP 2.45% of their portfolio | 1.0m $9.6m | Added +941.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 976.5k $9.2m | Reduced -1.5m |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 972.5k $9.1m | Added +21.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 969.2k $9.1m | Added +39.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 922.7k $8.7m | Added +27.5k |
| TOWLE & CO 1.49% of their portfolio | 919.6k $8.6m | Reduced -477.7k |
| SFE Investment Counsel 1.67% of their portfolio | 836.3k $7.9m | Reduced -32.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 833.5k $7.8m | First filing |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 806.6k $7.6m | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 773.5k $7.3m | Reduced -30.0k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.25% of their portfolio | 742.8k $7.0m | New |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.07% of their portfolio | 727.3k $6.8m | Added +416.6k |
| Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 707.2k $6.6m | Added +102.0k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 673.3k $6.3m | Reduced -162.0k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 648.7k $6.1m | Added +307.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 629.8k $5.9m | Reduced -63.1k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 618.0k $5.8m | Added +516.0k |
| Thomist Capital Management, LP 1.78% of their portfolio | 590.3k $5.5m | Added +387.9k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 584.6k $5.5m | Added +351.7k |
| Monaco Asset Management SAM 2.30% of their portfolio | 550.0k $5.2m | New |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 549.5k $5.2m | Reduced -5.7k |
| Point72 (DIFC) Ltd 0.44% of their portfolio | 522.7k $4.9m | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 513.3k $4.8m | Added +288.4k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 509.8k $4.8m | Reduced -74.7k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 509.0k $4.8m | Reduced -4.3m |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 502.7k $4.7m | Added +88.3k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 484.0k $4.5m | Reduced -13.4k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 471.5k $4.4m | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 471.5k $4.4m | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 460.3k $4.3m | Added +5.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 456.6k $4.3m | Reduced -100 |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 431.6k $4.1m | Reduced -1.1m |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 418.5k $3.9m | Reduced -72.7k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 415.7k $3.9m | Added +91.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 414.7k $3.9m | Added +151.9k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 407.1k $3.8m | Added +61.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 406.3k $3.8m | Added +211.0k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 395.2k $3.7m | Added +4.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 362.5k $3.4m | Added +335.2k |
| Portman Square Capital LLP 0.65% of their portfolio | 357.6k $3.4m | Added +194.7k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.01% of their portfolio | 353.4k $3.3m | Reduced -271.0k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 351.2k $3.3m | Added +37.3k |
| First Washington CORP 1.17% of their portfolio | 351.1k $3.3m | Added +47.8k |
| KLP KAPITALFORVALTNING AS 0.02% of their portfolio | 347.1k $3.3m | First filing |
| SG Capital Management LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 343.0k $3.2m | New |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 334.3k $3.1m | Added +6.3k |
| COHEN & STEERS, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 332.2k $3.1m | Added +31.2k |