MP Materials Corporation (NYSE:MP) Is Now 61.48% Above Its 52-Week Low. How Long Will It Continue To Rise?

In last trading session, MP Materials Corporation (NYSE:MP) saw 10.82 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 2.23. Company’s recent per share price level of $26.01 trading at $3.12 or 13.63% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $4.25B. That closing price of MP’s stock is at a discount of -14.26% from its 52-week high price of $29.72 and is indicating a premium of 61.48% from its 52-week low price of $10.02. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 13.13 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 4.98 million if we extend that period to 3-months.

For MP Materials Corporation (MP), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.64. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 9 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 1 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 8 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of -0.11 in the current quarter.

MP Materials Corporation (NYSE:MP) trade information

Upright in the green during last session for gaining 13.63%, in the last five days MP remained trading in the red while hitting it’s week-highest on Thursday, 04/17/25 when the stock touched $26.01 price level, adding 7.7% to its value on the day. MP Materials Corporation’s shares saw a change of 66.73% in year-to-date performance and have moved -5.69% in past 5-day. MP Materials Corporation (NYSE:MP) showed a performance of -3.42% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 21.62 million shares which calculate 6.42 days to cover the short interests.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 21.25 to the stock, which implies a fall of -22.4% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 19.5 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 23. It follows that stock’s current price would jump 25.03% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a gain of 25.03% for stock’s current value.

MP Materials Corporation (MP) estimates and forecasts

This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 58.97% from the last financial year’s standing.

6 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 66.78M for the same. And 6 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 71.71M in the next quarter. Company posted 48.68M and 31.26M of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.

Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -41.29% during past 5 years.

MP Materials Corporation (NYSE:MP)’s Major holders

Insiders are in possession of 18.82% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 75.93 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 93.53%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 75.93% institutions for MP Materials Corporation that are currently holding shares of the company. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the top institutional holder at MP for having 12.35 million shares of worth $157.23 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 7.4701 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., which was holding about 12.07 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 7.3006 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $153.67 million.

On the other hand, iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager was holding 7.47 shares of worth $194.24 million or 4.57% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 3.65 shares on Dec 31, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $94.96 million in the company or a holder of 2.23% of company’s stock.