MP Materials Corporation (NYSE: MP) is 71.99% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.02 and a high of $27.05 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MP stock was last observed hovering at around $26.69 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.14%.
Currently trading at $26.83, the stock is 10.17% and 17.37% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.31 million and changing 0.52% at the moment leaves the stock 52.69% off its SMA200. MP registered 94.28% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 94.42%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $22.8588 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $17.5719.
The stock witnessed a 13.11% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 36.89%, and is 11.75% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.98% over the week and 6.05% over the month.
MP Materials Corporation (MP) has around 804 employees, a market worth around $4.39B and $203.85M in sales. Fwd P/E is 38.29. Profit margin for the company is -32.09%. Distance from 52-week low is 167.76% and -0.81% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-3.32%).
with sales reaching $64.02M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 42.36% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 59.74% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 31.50% in year-over-year returns.
MP Materials Corporation (MP) Top Institutional Holders
517.0 institutions hold shares in MP Materials Corporation (MP), with institutional investors hold 94.79% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 163.20M, and float is at 117.60M with Short Float at 16.55%. Institutions hold 76.08% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 12.35 million shares valued at $157.23 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.0759% of the MP Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 12.07 million shares valued at $153.67 million to account for 6.9153 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 7.81 million shares representing 4.4765% and valued at over $99.47 million, while UBS GROUP AG holds 3.9392 of the shares totaling 6.88 million with a market value of $87.53 million.
MP Materials Corporation (MP) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Corbett Ryan, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Corbett Ryan sold 60,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 14 ’25 at a price of $25.51 per share for a total of $1.53 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.23 million shares.
MP Materials Corporation disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 17 ’25 that Corbett Ryan (Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 15,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 17 ’25 and was made at $27.00 per share for $0.41 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.21 million shares of the MP stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 18 ’25, JAMES HENRY LITINSKY REVOCABLE (Director) Proposed Sale 721,726 shares at an average price of $26.69 for $19.26 million. The insider now directly holds shares of MP Materials Corporation (MP).
