Cleveland-Cliffs falls after Wells Fargo downgrade

Cleveland-Cliffs

21/10/2025 13:42

** Shares of steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs CLF.N down about 3% at $15.70 premarket

** Wells Fargo downgrades rating to "underweight" from "equal weight"

** "The share move looks to us like an overreaction to an MOU with a foreign steel mill and potential rare earth deposits" analyst Timna Tanners says

** Brokerage says it remains skeptical of attractive returns from the region citing a lack of information provided by co on other deposits

** CLF on Monday reported a Q3 loss that was narrower than Wall Street estimates

** Four of 15 brokerages rate CLF stock "buy", eight "hold" and three "sell" or lower; median PT is $12 - data compiled by LSEG

** Shares up ~72% YTD

 (Reporting by Sanskriti Shekhar in Bengaluru)

 ((Sanskriti.Shekhar@thomsonreuters.com))