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The price of MP Materials Corporation (NYSE: MP) closed at $24.34 in the last session, up 1.37% from day before closing price of $24.01. In other words, the price has increased by $1.37 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.69 million shares were traded. MP stock price reached its highest trading level at $24.73 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $23.162.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at MP’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 5.63 and its Current Ratio is at 6.29. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.87 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.87.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Robert W. Baird on September 27, 2024, Reiterated its Outperform rating but revised its target price to $25 from $20 previously.
On July 15, 2024, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $16.50.
JP Morgan Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on April 23, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $20 to $16.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 04 ’25 when Litinsky James H. sold 386,223 shares for $24.01 per share. The transaction valued at 9,273,214 led to the insider holds 15,643,076 shares of the business.
Litinsky James H. sold 1,579,110 shares of MP for $36,934,246 on Dec 03 ’24. The Chairman and CEO now owns 16,029,299 shares after completing the transaction at $23.39 per share. On Dec 02 ’24, another insider, Litinsky James H., who serves as the Chairman and CEO of the company, sold 234,667 shares for $20.68 each. As a result, the insider received 4,852,914 and left with 17,608,409 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MP now has a Market Capitalization of 3978178304 and an Enterprise Value of 4046280448. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 19.52 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.77. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 19.849 whereas that against EBITDA is -48.019.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MP is 2.24, which has changed by 0.762491 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.087141395 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MP has reached a high of $26.00, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $10.02. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 10.37%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 40.04%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, MP traded on average about 3.15M shares per day over the past 3-months and 3308310 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 163.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 117.60M. Insiders hold about 28.05% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 66.46% stake in the company. Shares short for MP as of 1740700800 were 19465878 with a Short Ratio of 6.18, compared to 1738281600 on 18491417. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 19465878 and a Short% of Float of 13.65.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
