ANALYST-UPGRADE ·Filed Oct 6, 2026

CLF

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
BULLISH
Impact 4/10
Processed12d 17h ago SECanalyst-CLF-wellsfar-20261006
Wells Fargo double upgrade: Equal-Weight → Overweight
Latest settled — T+5d
CLF ▲ +4.98% at T+5d
LONG call ✓ call won +4.98% · α vs SPY +5.12% · entry $12.25 → $12.86
Next anchor: T+20d in 15d
Latest observation: T+8 +0.69% FF3 residual α
Entry anchored
Oct 6, 08:36 AM ET
via 1-min bar
T+1d
-1.55%
call -1.55% · α -1.31%
$12.06
settled 12d ago
T+5d
+4.98%
call +4.98% · α +5.12%
$12.86
settled 6d ago
T+20d
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call — · α —
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in 15d
T+60d
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call — · α —
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in 2mo

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Executive Summary

Wells Fargo double upgrade: Equal-Weight → Overweight

Impact Score

Base Score
1/7
LLM Adjustment
+0
Final Score
4/10

Consensus & Targets

Buy / Strong Buy
6 (30%)
Hold
13
Sell / Strong Sell
1
Total Analysts
10
Mean PT
$12.40
Median PT
$12.25
High PT
$15.00
Low PT
$10.00
Current Price
$12.20
Implied Upside
+1.6%

Recent Analyst Activity

DateFirmActionRatingPrice Target
2026-10-06Wells FargoupgradeOverweight$14.00
2026-09-21GLJ ResearchmaintainBuy$17.48
2026-09-18GLJ ResearchreiterateBuy$15.60
2026-09-09JP MorganmaintainNeutral$13.00
2026-08-24Wells FargomaintainEqual-Weight$12.00
2026-07-24GLJ ResearchupgradeBuy$15.60
2026-07-24BarclaysmaintainUnderweight$10.00
2026-07-24Wells FargomaintainEqual-Weight$11.00
2026-07-15JP MorganmaintainNeutral$10.00
2026-07-09B of A SecuritiesmaintainNeutral$11.50

Firm Track Record — Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo accuracy: 54% on 6022 calls | avg return: 3.5%

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)
0y$-0.18$-0.36 — $-0.05$21.5B↑1 ↓0
0q$0.22$0.15 — $0.28$5.7B↑0 ↓0
+1q$0.27$0.13 — $0.38$5.6B↑1 ↓0
+1y$0.86$0.22 — $1.54$22.3B↑1 ↓0

Cross-Platform Signals

Institutional
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Institutional
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Institutional
NORGES BANK — new
Short Interest
Short: 4,056,181 | Exempt: 9,051 | TRF Vol: 7,037,340 | Short Ratio: 57.6% | Off-exchange volume (dark pool + OTC)

Investment Themes

Materials & Mining

Documents Analyzed

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9 reports for CLF
Performance horizon
75% Hit rate 3 of 4 directional calls best @ T+20▲ +21.95%Jun 22, 2026
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Oct 6, 2026
12d ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
BULLISH ★ 4/10
$12.25 $12.86▲ +4.98%▲ +5.12%$12.12 (−1.06%)
Jul 24, 2026
12w ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
MIXED ★ 1/10
$11.93 $11.63▼ −2.51%▼ −2.89%$12.12 (+1.59%)
Jul 23, 2026
12w ago
8-K
MIXED ★ 6/10
$10.96 $11.63▲ +6.11%▲ +5.64%$12.12 (+10.58%)
Jun 22, 2026
16w ago
ANALYST-DOWNGRADE
BEARISH ★ 3/10
$11.89 $9.95▲ +16.32%▲ +14.25%$12.12 (−1.93%)
Jun 12, 2026
18w ago
Institutional Cluster
MIXED ★ 5/10
$13.78 $12.28▼ −10.89%▼ −11.56%$12.12 (−12.05%)
Jun 11, 2026
18w ago
Institutional Cluster
BULLISH ★ 6/10
$13.71 $12.68▼ −7.51%▼ −7.95%$12.12 (−11.60%)
Jun 9, 2026
18w ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$12.72 $13.63▲ +7.15%▲ +4.74%$12.12 (−4.72%)
May 22, 2026
21w ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
BEARISH ★ 2/10
$11.23 $13.58▼ −20.93%▼ −19.25%$12.12 (−7.93%)
Apr 20, 2026
25w ago
8-K
BEARISH ★ 7/10
$9.73 $10.61▼ −9.04%▼ −8.13%$12.12 (−24.56%)
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Report published Oct 6, 2026