Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US1858991011

Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of James D Graham. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate James D Graham has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:CLF / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. EVP Chief Legal Admin & Sec 492,249
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by James D Graham. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Purchases CLF / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in CLF / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.. This analysis helps to understand if the insider consistently generates abnormal returns, and is worth following. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market purchases that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Max
Price at
Max
Max
Profit ($)
Max Return (%)
There are no known unplanned open-market trades for this insider and security combination

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

CLF / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Sales CLF / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in CLF / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.. A consistent pattern of loss avoidance may suggest that future sale transactions may predict declines in price. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market sales that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Min
Price at
Min
Max Loss
Avoided ($)
Max Loss
Avoided (%)
2025-05-23 CLF Graham James D 120,000 6.8503 120,000 6.8503 822,036 7 5.8300 -122,436 -14.89
2024-03-06 CLF Graham James D 24,154 20.1900 24,154 20.1900 487,669
2011-09-08 CLF Graham James D 500 80.1229 500 80.1229 40,061

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

CLF / Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by James D Graham as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change
Share
Price
Tran
Value
Remaining
Value
2025-05-23 2025-05-23 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
S - Sale -120,000 492,249 -19.60 6.85 -822,036 3,372,052
2025-02-21 2025-02-19 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 88,822 612,249 16.97
2025-01-07 2025-01-03 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -10,676 523,427 -2.00 9.50 -101,422 4,972,555
2024-03-08 2024-03-06 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
S - Sale -24,154 534,103 -4.33 20.19 -487,669 10,783,535
2024-03-08 2024-03-06 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
M - Exercise 24,154 558,257 4.52 7.70 185,986 4,298,577
2024-02-23 2024-02-21 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 50,127 534,103 10.36
2024-01-05 2024-01-03 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -14,533 483,976 -2.92 19.64 -285,428 9,505,285
2024-01-05 2024-01-03 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 19,926 498,509 4.16
2023-02-23 2023-02-21 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 49,202 478,583 11.46
2023-01-06 2023-01-04 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -45,907 429,381 -9.66 17.20 -789,600 7,385,350
2023-01-06 2023-01-04 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 68,257 475,288 16.77
2022-02-28 2022-02-24 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 36,228 407,031 9.77
2022-01-06 2022-01-04 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -32,239 370,803 -8.00 22.62 -729,246 8,387,559
2022-01-06 2022-01-04 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 51,668 403,042 14.70
2021-02-25 2021-02-23 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 24,359 351,374 7.45
2021-01-14 2021-01-12 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 63,636 367,740 20.93
2021-01-14 2021-01-12 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -40,725 327,015 -11.07 18.56 -755,856 6,069,395
2020-03-17 2020-03-13 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 42,343 304,104 16.18
2020-01-27 2020-01-23 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -19,807 261,761 -7.03 7.45 -147,562 1,950,118
2020-01-27 2020-01-23 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 37,158 281,568 15.20
2019-02-21 2019-02-19 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 25,834 244,410 11.82
2019-02-21 2019-02-19 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -70,850 218,576 -24.48 11.24 -796,354 2,456,792
2018-02-23 2018-02-21 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 31,818 289,426 12.35
2018-02-23 2018-02-21 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -5,520 257,608 -2.10 7.53 -41,566 1,939,787
2018-02-23 2018-02-21 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 18,187 263,128 7.43 7.53 136,948 1,981,352
2018-01-03 2017-12-31 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -3,860 244,941 -1.55 7.21 -27,831 1,766,023
2017-12-19 2017-12-15 4 CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -41,839 248,801 -14.40 6.65 -278,229 1,654,525
2017-02-22 2017-02-21 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 23,051 290,640 8.61
2017-02-22 2017-02-17 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -1,338 267,589 -0.50 11.49 -15,374 3,074,595
2017-01-04 2016-12-31 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
D - Sale to Issuer -2,645 268,927 -0.97 8.41 -22,244 2,261,674
2016-02-25 2016-02-23 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 156,229 271,572 135.45
2016-01-05 2015-12-31 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
F - Taxes -2,646 115,343 -2.24 1.58 -4,181 182,242
2015-09-14 2015-09-10 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 87,254 117,989 283.89
2015-01-14 2015-01-12 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Employee Stock Options (right-to-buy)
A - Award 24,154 24,154
2015-01-14 2015-01-12 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 24,153 30,735 366.97
2014-08-12 2014-08-06 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
D - Sale to Issuer -9,970 6,582 -60.24 17.15 -170,986 112,878
2014-08-12 2014-08-06 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
D - Sale to Issuer -3,320 16,552 -16.71 17.15 -56,938 283,863
2014-08-12 2014-08-06 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 9,970 19,872 100.69 17.15 170,986 340,801
2014-05-14 2014-05-12 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
A - Award 4,010 9,902 68.06 17.54 70,335 173,677
2014-04-02 3 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
11,784
2014-04-02 3 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Shares
11,784
2012-03-14 2012-03-12 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Stock
A - Award 730 3,235 29.14
2012-02-15 2012-02-13 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Stock
F - Taxes -651 2,505 -20.63 71.89 -46,800 180,084
2012-02-15 2012-02-13 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Stock
A - Award 1,470 3,156 87.19 71.89 105,678 226,885
2011-09-12 2011-09-08 4 CLF CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES INC.
Common Stock
S - Sale -500 1,686 -22.87 80.12 -40,061 135,087
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)