MP

MP Materials Corp.
NYSEUSDEQUITY Basic Materials DELAYED
Last price
48.66
▲ 1.82 (3.89%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
46.93
Prev close
46.84
Day high
48.65
Day low
47.30
Volume
4.32M
Market cap
$8.64B
P/E (TTM)
—
52W range
37.81 – 100.25

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+0.19%
Prior close 46.84
VWAP
48.31
+0.73% from price
Relative volume
1.10×
Normal
Session range
3.84%
46.90 – 48.70
Position in range
98%
Near session high
ATR (14D)
2.28
4.68% of price
Prior day high
47.80
PDH
Prior day low
46.46
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
6.47M
Avg 5.87M

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+6.82% +4.9%
1M
-11.00% -12.2%
3M
-8.43% -13.0%
6M
-1.94% -20.1%
YTD
-3.94% -18.2%
1Y
-32.13% -48.5%
3Y
+154.08% +71.8%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-1.17M
Net selling
Buy transactions
8
44.36K shares
Sell transactions
6
1.21M shares
Net transactions
+14
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
27.3 : 1
Heavily one-sided
Insider-held shares
34.94M
Total on file
Bought 44.36KSold 1.21M

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$8.64B
Enterprise value$8.59B
Revenue (TTM)$416.25M
Gross profit$176.18M
EBITDA$40.68M
Net income$-60.62M
EPS (TTM)$-0.34
Free cash flow$-432.95M
Total cash$1.45B
Total debt$981.62M
Book value / share$10.99
Shares outstanding178.10M
Float144.32M
Short % of float20.50%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)1.99

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E—
Forward P/E58.96
PEG ratio—
Price / sales—
Price / book4.41
EV / revenue20.63
EV / EBITDA211.08
Gross margin42.33%
Operating margin-14.72%
Profit margin-14.56%
Return on equity-3.58%
Return on assets-1.52%
Debt / equity41.40
Current ratio9.51
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 6 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $224.44M$203.85M$253.44M$527.51M +10.1%
Operating revenue $224.44M$203.85M$253.44M$517.27M +10.1%
Cost of revenue $282.06M$270.64M$148.42M$110.57M +4.2%
Gross profit -$57.62M-$66.79M$105.02M$416.94M +13.7%
Research & development $24.21M$9.31M$14.93M$4.25M +160.1%
Selling, general & admin $112.07M$83.30M$79.25M$75.86M +34.5%
Total operating expense $87.47M$96.95M$101.41M$81.97M -9.8%
Operating income -$145.09M-$163.74M$3.61M$334.96M +11.4%
Net interest income -$31.48M-$23.01M-$5.25M-$5.79M -36.8%
Pre-tax income -$117.77M-$93.35M$33.08M$341.15M -26.2%
Tax provision -$31.90M-$27.92M$8.77M$52.15M -14.2%
Net income -$85.87M-$65.42M$24.31M$289.00M -31.3%
Net income to common -$85.87M-$65.42M$24.31M$289.00M -31.3%
Basic EPS -0.50-0.390.141.64 -28.2%
Diluted EPS -0.50-0.570.141.52 +12.3%
EBIT -$86.29M-$70.34M$38.33M$346.94M -22.7%
EBITDA $2.97M$7.72M$94.04M$365.29M -61.5%
Basic shares 170.13M166.84M177.18M176.52M +2.0%
Diluted shares 170.13M169.88M178.15M193.45M +0.1%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.56
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
30.00
-38.2% from spot
ATM implied vol
0.0%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
0.0%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
3.83K
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
2.15K
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
30.00
0 contracts
Heaviest put OI
30.00
0 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 -0.00-0.01 -173.2%
Mar 2026 -0.040.03 +174.6%
Dec 2025 0.020.09 +490.9%
Sep 2025 -0.16-0.10 +38.3%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter -0.00 15 $118.69M +121.6%
Next quarter 0.05 15 $141.51M +168.6%
Current year 0.02 15 $452.06M +101.4%
Next year 0.82 16 $789.70M +74.7%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$73.41
High target$100.00
Low target$57.00
Implied upside50.87%
Analyst count17
ConsensusSTRONG BUY
Strong buy / Buy5 / 13
Hold1
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders19.62%
Held by institutions77.73%
Institutions holding974
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
47.46
+2.52% from price
SMA 20
48.86
-0.68% from price
SMA 50
51.24
-5.28% from price
SMA 100
53.64
-9.29% from price
SMA 200
56.67
-14.36% from price
EMA 12
48.00
+1.37% from price
EMA 26
49.56
-1.81% from price
EMA 50
50.99
-4.57% from price
RSI (14)
46.7
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-1.56
Hist -0.04
ATR (14)
2.28
4.69% of price
Realised vol 30D
46.1%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
53.02
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
44.71
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Death
51.24 vs 56.67
Trend bias
Below 200
-14.36%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 48.66
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
2.34
More volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.41
Loosely linked
Realised vol 30D
46.1%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-61.4%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-82.0%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
2.28
4.69% of price
Beta (reported)
1.99
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
33.57M
Prior 29.20M
Change vs prior
+15.0%
Shorts adding
% of float
20.50%
Heavily shorted
% of shares out
18.85%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
6.4
Crowded exit
Float
144.32M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

107 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Oct 1, 26 Baird MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
Sep 16, 26 Freedom Broker INITIATED — Hold
Aug 24, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 29, 26 JP Morgan MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Jul 22, 26 Needham MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 16, 26 Barclays MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Jul 9, 26 Deutsche Bank MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jul 8, 26 Morgan Stanley MAINTAINED Overweight Overweight
Jun 5, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Jun 1, 26 Needham INITIATED — Buy
May 22, 26 Barclays INITIATED — Overweight
May 20, 26 DA Davidson MAINTAINED Buy Buy

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend date—
Next pay date—
Last split—
Split date—

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