Discounted Cash Flow

Cleveland-cliffs Inc.

CLF · Based on 10 years of SEC filings

DCF estimate unavailable — loss_in_2024

Average annual growth rates

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Average annual growth is the mean year-over-year change across each period.

Endpoint CAGR (better for long term trend)

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Endpoint CAGR is the compound annual rate from the first to last year in each period.

Projections use average year-over-year growth. Change this in Settings.

Projected growth rate

Free cash flow growth
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Averaged growth (FCF & NI)
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Net income growth
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Sales growth (not added to calculations)
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Historical inputs (10 fiscal years)

YEAR Sales Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Margin EPS (diluted)
2016 $2.1b $174.1m $233.9m 8.3% $0.98
2017 $2.3b (10.5%) $367.0m (110.8%) $186.4m (-20.3%) 15.7% (90.8%) $1.34 (36.7%)
2018 $2.3b (0.1%) $1.1b (207.4%) $391.0m (109.8%) 48.4% (207.1%) $3.50 (161.2%)
2019 $2.0b (-14.7%) $292.8m (-74.0%) $-76.5m (-119.6%) 14.7% (-69.6%) $1.07 (-69.4%)
2020 $5.4b (169.1%) $-122.0m (-141.7%) $-786.0m (-927.5%) -2.3% (-115.5%) $-0.32 (-129.9%)
2021 $20.4b (281.8%) $3.0b (2549.2%) $2.1b (364.6%) 14.6% (741.4%) $5.35 (1771.9%)
2022 $23.0b (12.4%) $1.3b (-55.3%) $1.5b (-28.8%) 5.8% (-60.3%) $2.55 (-52.3%)
2023 $22.0b (-4.3%) $399.0m (-70.1%) $1.6b (9.5%) 1.8% (-68.8%) $0.78 (-69.4%)
2024 $19.2b (-12.8%) $-754.0m (-289.0%) $-590.0m (-136.4%) -3.9% (-316.7%) $-1.57 (-301.3%)
2025 $18.6b (-3.0%) $-1.5b (-96.0%) $-1.0b (-73.4%) -7.9% (-102.1%) $-2.90 (-84.7%)

Base FCF: (latest fiscal year)

Discount rate: %

Terminal growth:

Projection period: years

Alt A decline yrs:

Alt B total yrs:

Values abbreviated: b = billions, m = millions, k = thousands.

Projected cash flows

Year Projected cash flow Discount Factor Present Value

PV of projected FCF:

Terminal FCF:

Terminal value:

PV of terminal value:

Enterprise value (DCF):

DCF price per share:

Current price:

Alternative DCF Models

Model Fair Value Upside PV(FCFs) PV(Terminal) Total Years
Standard (10yr→TV) 10 + TV
Alt A (Gradual Decline)
Alt B (30yr Hard Stop) N/A

This is a simplified DCF model for illustration. It uses reported free cash flow, a single growth assumption, fixed WACC, and a Gordon Growth terminal value. It is not investment advice.

+ 10YR Financials Balance Sheet (10YR) Cash Flow (10YR) DCF Model

loss_in_2024

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