Cleveland-cliffs Inc. balance sheet

At the end of fiscal 2025, Cleveland-cliffs Inc. had total assets of $20.01bn, total liabilities of $13.69bn and shareholders' equity of $6.12bn. It held $57.0m in cash against $7.33bn of debt.

Balance sheet

US$ billions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Cleveland-cliffs Inc.: balance sheet, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Cash and equivalents	0.5	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Receivables	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	1.2	2.2	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.4	2.2
Inventory	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	3.8	5.2	5.1	4.5	5.1	4.8	4.7
Total current assets	1.2	2.6	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.6	1.5	0.9	5.3	7.7	7.4	6.6	6.9	6.4	7.1
Goodwill	0.1	0.2	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	0.0	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.8	1.8	1.8
Total assets	4.6	7.8	14.5	13.6	13.1	3.1	2.1	1.9	3.0	3.5	3.5	16.8	19.0	18.8	17.5	20.9	20.0	20.3
Accounts payable	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	1.6	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.3
Deferred revenue (current)	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total current liabilities	0.6	1.0	1.5	1.4	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	2.9	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.8
Short-term debt	—	—	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	—	0.0	—	—	—	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Long-term debt	0.5	1.7	3.6	4.0	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.2	2.3	2.1	2.1	5.4	5.2	4.2	3.1	7.1	7.3	7.6
Total debt	0.5	1.7	3.7	4.1	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.2	2.3	2.1	2.2	5.6	5.4	4.3	3.2	7.1	7.3	7.7
Total liabilities	2.1	3.9	7.5	7.8	6.2	4.9	3.9	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.1	13.7	13.2	10.7	9.4	14.1	13.7	14.4
Shareholders' equity	2.5	3.8	5.8	4.6	6.1	−1.4	−2.0	−1.5	−0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	5.5	7.8	7.9	6.6	6.1	5.7
Non-controlling interests and other (assets − liabilities − equity)	—	—	1.3	1.1	0.8	−0.3	0.2	0.1	—	—	—	1.1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Shares outstanding	131m	135m	142m	142m	153m	153m	154m	233m	297m	293m	270m	—	500m	513m	505m	494m	570m	571m

US$ billions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Cleveland-cliffs Inc.: balance sheet, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026	2026 Q3Sept 2026
Receivables	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.9	2.0	2.2
Inventory	5.1	4.9	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.6	4.5	4.7
Total current assets	6.9	7.0	6.7	6.7	6.4	6.7	6.8	7.1
Goodwill	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8
Total assets	20.9	20.8	20.5	20.3	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.3
Accounts payable	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.2	2.3
Total current liabilities	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.6	3.8
Long-term debt	7.1	7.6	7.7	8.0	7.3	7.8	7.7	7.6
Total debt	7.1	7.6	7.7	8.0	7.3	7.8	7.7	7.6
Total liabilities	14.1	14.4	14.4	14.6	13.7	14.1	14.3	14.4
Shareholders' equity	6.6	6.3	5.8	5.5	6.1	5.8	5.6	5.7
Shares outstanding	494m	494m	495m	495m	570m	570m	571m	571m

Balances at each fiscal year end (quarter end in the quarterly view). Total debt is short- plus long-term borrowings, including lease debt where the company reports it within debt. Where assets do not equal liabilities plus shareholders' equity, the difference (non-controlling interests, redeemable preferred shares) is shown on its own line.

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Figures from Cleveland-cliffs Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 21, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Cleveland-cliffs Inc.