Wednesday's ETF with Unusual Volume: NANR
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Jun 04 2025
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Should l Buy CLF?
Source: NASDAQ.COM
ETF Performance Overview: On Wednesday, Cleveland-cliffs and Transocean saw significant trading volumes with declines of 0.9% and 2.9%, respectively, while MP Materials gained 6.2% and PBF Energy dropped 7.9%.
Market Commentary: The views expressed in the article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent Nasdaq, Inc.
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Analyst Views on CLF
Wall Street analysts forecast CLF stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CLF is 12.78 USD with a low forecast of 5.75 USD and a high forecast of 17.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
9 Analyst Rating
2 Buy
5 Hold
2 Sell
Hold
Current: 12.480
Low
5.75
Averages
12.78
High
17.00
Current: 12.480
Low
5.75
Averages
12.78
High
17.00
About CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is a steel producer with a focus on value-added sheet products, particularly for the automotive industry in North America. The Company is vertically integrated from the mining of iron ore, production of pellets and direct reduced iron, and processing of ferrous scrap through primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. Its offering includes advanced high-strength steel, hot-dipped galvanized, aluminized, galvalume, electrogalvanized, galvanneal, hot-rolled coil (HRC), cold-rolled coil, plate, grain oriented electrical steel (GOES), non-oriented electrical steel (NOES), stainless steels, tool and die, stamped components, rail, slab and cast ingot. Its Other Businesses primarily include the Tubular and Tooling and Stamping segments that provide customer solutions with carbon and stainless steel tubing products, advanced-engineered solutions, tool design and build, hot- and cold-stamped steel components and complex assemblies.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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Strategic Partnerships and Investor Sentiment: The company is exploring a strategic partnership with Korean steelmaker POSCO, which could involve equity investment. However, uncertainty remains regarding the completion of this agreement and its impact on investor confidence.
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- Disappointing Earnings Report: The company projected EBITDA of only $140 million in its latest earnings report, significantly below Bloomberg's consensus of $321 million, resulting in a stock price drop of over 16% on Monday, marking its worst session in over three months.
- Analyst Rating Dynamics: Despite the stock's decline, analysts maintain an average ‘Buy’ rating on Cleveland-Cliffs, with three analysts rating it ‘Buy’ or higher, indicating confidence in the company's future potential amidst current challenges.
- Retail Sentiment Shift: Retail investor sentiment on Cleveland-Cliffs shifted from ‘bearish’ to ‘extremely bullish’, with a 15,900% surge in message volume on Stocktwits over the past 24 hours, reflecting a positive response to the current dip in stock price.
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See More
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