In the last trading session, 3.89 million shares of the MP Materials Corporation (NYSE:MP) were traded, and its beta was 2.25. Most recently the company’s share price was $31.84, and it changed around -$0.53 or -1.64% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $5.20B. MP currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $39.10, offering almost -22.8% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $10.02, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 68.53% since then. We note from MP Materials Corporation’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 8.97 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 9.65 million.
MP Materials Corporation stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.45. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 10 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 3 recommended MP as a Hold, whereas 6 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
MP Materials Corporation (NYSE:MP) trade information
Instantly MP has showed a red trend with a performance of -1.64% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 34.40 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 7.44%. The company’s shares are currently up 148.75% year-to-date, but still down -11.53% over the last five days. On the other hand, MP Materials Corporation (NYSE:MP) is 44.73% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 30.92 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.15 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $23, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -38.43% from its current value. Analyst projections state that MP is forecast to be at a low of $12.5 and a high of $47.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -41.29%.
MP Dividends
MP Materials Corporation’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-May-08.
MP Materials Corporation (NYSE:MP)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 17.86% of MP Materials Corporation shares, and 79.14% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 96.34%. MP Materials Corporation stock is held by 554.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 7.4701% of the shares, which is about 12.35 million shares worth $157.23 million.
BLACKROCK INC., with 7.3006% or 12.07 million shares worth $153.67 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of May 31, 2025 . The former held 7.26 shares worth $231.02 million, making up 4.44% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held roughly 4.13 shares worth around $131.4 million, which represents about 2.52% of the total shares outstanding.
