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 ($7.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 494.7m as of 2025-07-23, 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 ≈ $7.60. Options: 39 managers hold calls ($276.1m notional), 24 hold puts ($158.1m).
Trends to Q2 2025
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 |
| Q1 2025 | 567 |
| Q2 2025 | 561 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 268 | 254 |
| Q4 2023 | 220 | 329 |
| Q1 2024 | 266 | 307 |
| Q2 2024 | 264 | 327 |
| Q3 2024 | 253 | 332 |
| Q4 2024 | 274 | 265 |
| Q1 2025 | 309 | 246 |
| Q2 2025 | 271 | 271 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $520.6m | $325.3m | 0.62 |
| Q4 2024 | $577.6m | $247.0m | 0.43 |
| Q1 2025 | $377.0m | $236.4m | 0.63 |
| Q2 2025 | $276.1m | $158.1m | 0.57 |
Biggest buyers
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. | New | +8.4m |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | +5.6m |
| Turiya Advisors Asia Ltd | New | +5.2m |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +4.6m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | +4.2m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +3.4m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +3.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +1.9m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +1.7m |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Added | +1.7m |
Biggest sellers
| Slate Path Capital LP | Reduced | -6.2m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -4.1m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Reduced | -3.9m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -3.0m |
| Stonegate Investment Group, LLC | Reduced | -2.8m |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Sold out | -1.6m |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | Reduced | -1.4m |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | -1.3m |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $42.6m5.6m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $39.2m5.2m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $20.4m2.7m shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $18.6m2.5m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $15.5m2.0m shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $13.7m1.8m shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Reduced | $12.8m1.7m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $11.7m1.5m shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $9.6m1.3m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $9.2m1.2m shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $32.4m4.3m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $25.8m3.4m shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $14.1m1.9m shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $12.6m1.7m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $11.2m1.5m shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Added | $8.2m1.1m shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $7.3m963.5k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Added | $7.2m950.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $6.2m813.2k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Unchanged | $5.5m726.7k 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 Q2 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q1 2025 | 3 | $243.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $822.0k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-23 | Graham James D EVP Chief Legal Admin & Sec | Sold | $822.0k120.0k 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, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.5m $376.1m | Added +1.1m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 48.0m $364.4m | Reduced -14.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 27.5m $208.6m | Added +4.6m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 20.2m $153.6m | Reduced -879.5k |
| Slate Path Capital LP 2.06% of their portfolio | 15.7m $119.4m | Reduced -6.2m |
| FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD/ CAN 6.05% of their portfolio | 14.9m $113.2m | Unchanged |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.4m $78.9m | Added +1.9m |
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. 3.18% of their portfolio | 8.4m $63.7m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.4m $63.7m | Reduced -472.9k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.8m $59.4m | Added +3.3m |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 6.8m $51.8m | Added +5.6m |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.04% of their portfolio | 6.3m $48.1m | Added +4.2m |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.8m $44.1m | Added +577.9k |
| Drexel Morgan & Co. 7.42% of their portfolio | 5.5m $41.8m | Added +1.1m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.4m $40.9m | Added +3.4m |
| Turiya Advisors Asia Ltd 16.30% of their portfolio | 5.2m $39.4m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.1m $39.1m | Added +548.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.6m $35.3m | Added +735.7k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 4.6m $34.8m | Added +1.6m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 4.6m $34.8m | Reduced -1.2m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.9m $29.6m | Reduced -116.3k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.8m $28.9m | Reduced -62.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.7m $28.0m | Reduced -1.1m |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.2m $24.4m | Reduced -70.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.2m $23.9m | Added +1.7m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.1m $23.4m | Added +520.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0m $22.9m | Reduced -4.1m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $21.5m | Added +1.3m |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.8m $21.0m | Added +352 |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.7m $20.2m | Reduced -898.4k |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. 1.95% of their portfolio | 2.6m $20.1m | Added +572.5k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.5m $18.7m | Reduced -1.3m |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.4m $18.0m | Added +1.7m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.3m $17.4m | Added +504.1k |
| Douglas Lane & Associates, LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 2.2m $16.5m | Reduced -368.8k |
| MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.93% of their portfolio | 2.0m $15.2m | Reduced -500.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $15.0m | Reduced -1.4m |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $13.0m | Added +456.1k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $12.9m | Added +101.4k |
| EASTERLY INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC 0.91% of their portfolio | 1.7m $12.7m | Reduced -41.8k |
| WEXFORD CAPITAL LP 3.11% of their portfolio | 1.5m $11.2m | Added +678.9k |
| South Dakota Investment Council 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.3m $10.2m | Added +377.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $10.0m | Reduced -37.8k |
| EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD HOLDING S.A. 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.2m $9.5m | Added +70.0k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $8.9m | Added +341.4k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.2m $8.8m | Added +323.5k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $8.7m | Added +740.2k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $8.5m | Added +874.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $8.4m | Reduced -17.6k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $8.2m | New |
| SFE Investment Counsel 1.41% of their portfolio | 1.1m $8.0m | Added +1.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $7.8m | Added +992.7k |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.02% of their portfolio | 994.3k $7.6m | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 944.8k $7.2m | Reduced -12.2k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 896.5k $6.8m | Reduced -1.8m |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 886.5k $6.7m | Reduced -50.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 871.5k $6.6m | Reduced -274.0k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 812.9k $6.2m | Added +278.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 803.4k $6.1m | Reduced -79.3k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 794.4k $6.0m | Added +317.4k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 0.39% of their portfolio | 772.6k $5.9m | New |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 754.0k $5.7m | Added +221.7k |
| Limestone Investment Advisors LP 0.31% of their portfolio | 750.0k $722.9k | First filing |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 715.3k $5.4m | Added +356.3k |
| Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 701.4k $5.3m | Reduced -12.9k |
| Sonora Investment Management Group, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 655.4k $5.0m | Reduced -41.5k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 651.0k $4.9m | Added +564.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 604.5k $4.6m | Reduced -1.8m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 603.6k $4.6m | Reduced -711.4k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 592.5k $4.5m | Added +3.3k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 588.5k $4.5m | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.00% of their portfolio | 588.0k $4.5m | Added +48.5k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 553.4k $4.2m | Reduced -59.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 542.2k $4.1m | Reduced -158.5k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 538.7k $4.1m | Added +403.1k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 533.0k $4.1m | Reduced -140.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 495.9k $3.8m | Added +28.8k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 478.1k $3.6m | Added +412.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 477.8k $3.6m | Added +230.9k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 475.9k $3.6m | Added +4.4k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 463.6k $3.5m | Added +29.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 456.8k $3.5m | Unchanged |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 441.7k $3.4m | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 437.5k $3.3m | Reduced -268.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 436.9k $3.2m | Reduced -631.5k |
| Monaco Asset Management SAM 1.24% of their portfolio | 430.0k $3.3m | Added +190.0k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 430.0k $3.3m | Added +66.5k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 424.8k $3.2m | Reduced -30.4k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 420.5k $3.2m | Reduced -210.2k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 396.0k $3.0m | Added +350.3k |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 387.9k $2.9m | Reduced -43.7k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 383.4k $2.9m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 381.7k $2.9m | Added +12.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 375.7k $2.9m | Added +114.9k |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 375.7k $2.9m | Added +43.9k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 375.3k $2.9m | Reduced -21.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 373.3k $2.8m | Added +134.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 365.1k $2.8m | Reduced -762.2k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 363.8k $2.8m | Added +284.5k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 350.7k $2.7m | New |