ANALYST-DOWNGRADE ·Filed Jun 22, 2026

CLF

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
BEARISH
Impact 3/10
Processed3mo ago SECanalyst-CLF-morganst-20260622
Morgan Stanley double downgrade: Overweight → Equal-Weight
Final — all horizons settled through T+60d
CLF ▼ -0.84% at T+60d
SHORT call ✓ call won +0.84% · α vs SPY +2.59% · entry $11.89 → $11.79
Entry anchored
Jun 22, 01:14 PM ET
via exchange tick
T+1d
-6.14%
call +6.14% · α +4.69%
$11.16
settled 3mo ago
T+5d
-16.32%
call +16.32% · α +14.25%
$9.95
settled 3mo ago
T+20d
-21.95%
call +21.95% · α +21.80%
$9.28
settled 2mo ago
T+60d
-0.84%
call +0.84% · α +2.59%
$11.79
settled 16d ago

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Executive Summary

Morgan Stanley double downgrade: Overweight → Equal-Weight

Impact Score

Base Score
3/7
LLM Adjustment
+0
Final Score
3/10

Consensus & Targets

Buy / Strong Buy
2 (9%)
Hold
13
Sell / Strong Sell
8
Total Analysts
10
Mean PT
$11.70
Median PT
$11.50
High PT
$15.00
Low PT
$8.00
Current Price
$11.97
Implied Upside
-2.2%

Recent Analyst Activity

DateFirmActionRatingPrice Target
2026-06-22Morgan StanleydowngradeEqual-Weight$12.50
2026-06-10JP MorganmaintainNeutral$13.00
2026-06-09GLJ ResearchupgradeHold$15.01
2026-06-04Wells FargomaintainEqual-Weight$14.00
2026-05-22BarclaysinitiateUnderweight$9.00
2026-04-21Morgan StanleymaintainOverweight$12.00
2026-04-14JP MorganmaintainNeutral$10.00
2026-03-19Wells FargomaintainEqual-Weight—
2026-03-16GLJ ResearchreiterateSell—
2026-02-10CitigroupmaintainNeutral$13.00

Firm Track Record — Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley accuracy: 55% on 4993 calls | avg return: 4.3%

Industry benchmark: mean 51% ± 11%. Top tier: ≥61% (mean + 1σ). Based on 11 firms with ≥5 scored calls.

FirmAccuracyCallsAvg Returnvs Average
Keybanc100%3/312.5%top tier
Citigroup100%4/415.6%top tier
B of A Securities67%2/30.5%top tier
Wells Fargo50%2/43.7%below average
JP Morgan50%2/4-7%below average
Goldman Sachs40%2/5-0.7%below average
B. Riley Securities33%1/37.6%below average
Morgan Stanley33%3/91.4%below average
GLJ Research29%2/7-8.1%below average
Jefferies0%0/226.1%below average

Earnings Estimates

PeriodEPS Est.EPS RangeRevenueRevisions (7d)
0q$-0.18$-0.21 — $-0.14$5.2B↑0 ↓0
+1q$0.18$0.06 — $0.28$5.5B↑1 ↓0
+1y$0.50$0.30 — $0.59$21.4B↑1 ↓0
0y$-0.36$-0.58 — $-0.21$20.8B↑1 ↓0

Cross-Platform Signals

Insider Trades (90d)
0 buys / 1 sells
Institutional
STATE STREET CORP — add (34.3%)
Institutional
FMR LLC — trim (-42.2%)
Institutional
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ — trim (-33.7%)
Short Interest
Short: 2,797,665 | Exempt: 14,810 | TRF Vol: 5,063,409 | Short Ratio: 55.3% | Off-exchange volume (dark pool + OTC)

Investment Themes

Materials & Mining

Documents Analyzed

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8 reports for CLF
Performance horizon
67% Hit rate 2 of 3 directional calls best @ T+1▲ +6.17%Apr 20, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
10w ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
MIXED ★ 1/10
$11.93 $11.27▼ −5.53%▼ −9.16%$11.32 (−5.11%)
Jul 23, 2026
10w ago
8-K
MIXED ★ 6/10
$10.96 $10.74▼ −2.01%▼ −5.32%$11.32 (+3.28%)
Jun 22, 2026
14w ago
ANALYST-DOWNGRADE
BEARISH ★ 3/10
$11.89 $9.28▲ +21.95%▲ +21.80%$11.32 (+4.79%)
Jun 12, 2026
16w ago
Institutional Cluster
MIXED ★ 5/10
$13.78 $9.40▼ −31.79%▼ −33.56%$11.32 (−17.85%)
Jun 11, 2026
16w ago
Institutional Cluster
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$13.71 $9.40▼ −31.44%▼ −33.33%$11.32 (−17.43%)
Jun 9, 2026
16w ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$12.72 $9.54▼ −25.00%▼ −26.45%$11.32 (−11.01%)
May 22, 2026
19w ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
BEARISH ★ 2/10
$11.23 $11.34▼ −0.94%▼ −2.35%$11.32 (−0.80%)
Apr 20, 2026
23w ago
8-K
BEARISH ★ 7/10
$9.73 $10.66▼ −9.56%▼ −5.36%$11.32 (−16.34%)
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Report published Jun 22, 2026