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How CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$18.6B · 100%Cost of revenue$19.5B · 105%Gross profit−$860M · −5%Operating income−$1.6B · −8%Income before tax−$2.0B · −11%Income tax−$581M · −3%Net income−$1.5B · −8%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$18.6B100%
Cost of revenue$19.5B105%
−$860M−5%
−$1.6B−8%
Income before tax−$2.0B−11%
Income tax−$581M−3%
−$1.5B−8%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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