Intech Investment Management LLC Acquires Shares of 52,266 MP Materials Corp. $MP

Intech Investment Management LLC bought a new position in MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 52,266 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,505,000.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in MP Materials by 2.7% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,020,574 shares of the company’s stock worth $940,360,000 after purchasing an additional 363,975 shares in the last quarter. Caxton Associates LLP bought a new stake in shares of MP Materials during the 2nd quarter valued at $132,238,000. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of MP Materials by 14.3% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,033,612 shares of the company’s stock worth $100,928,000 after buying an additional 378,510 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its stake in shares of MP Materials by 76.3% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,921,542 shares of the company’s stock worth $97,200,000 after acquiring an additional 1,264,243 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Reaves W H & Co. Inc. increased its stake in shares of MP Materials by 168.4% in the 3rd quarter. Reaves W H & Co. Inc. now owns 2,589,908 shares of the company’s stock worth $173,705,000 after acquiring an additional 1,624,908 shares in the last quarter. 52.55% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

MP Materials Price Performance

Shares of NYSE MP opened at $58.98 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $10.45 billion, a P/E ratio of -113.42 and a beta of 1.55. MP Materials Corp. has a twelve month low of $18.64 and a twelve month high of $100.25. The company has a quick ratio of 6.67, a current ratio of 7.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The company has a 50 day moving average of $60.15 and a 200 day moving average of $64.11.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other MP Materials news, CEO James H. Litinsky sold 385,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $62.94, for a total value of $24,231,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 13,105,965 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $824,889,437.10. The trade was a 2.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Ryan Corbett sold 38,146 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.00, for a total transaction of $2,288,760.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 156,666 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,399,960. The trade was a 19.58% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 723,146 shares of company stock worth $45,767,276. Corporate insiders own 12.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on MP shares. BMO Capital Markets raised shares of MP Materials from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $76.00 to $75.00 in a research note on Monday, November 24th. Wall Street Zen cut MP Materials from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 15th. Morgan Stanley upgraded MP Materials from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $68.50 to $71.00 in a research note on Friday, December 5th. William Blair assumed coverage on MP Materials in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on MP Materials in a research note on Wednesday, November 19th. They set a “buy” rating and a $77.00 price objective for the company. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $78.91.

MP Materials News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting MP Materials this week:

• Positive Sentiment: MP reported an EPS beat and moved to quarterly profitability (Q4 EPS $0.09 vs. estimates). MP Materials Corp. (MP) Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Q4 profit was helped by a $51M Price Protection Agreement from the U.S. Department of Defense and adjusted EBITDA recovery, signaling government backing for MP’s domestic supply-chain role. MP Materials posts Q4 profit, unveils $1.25B Texas magnet factory plans
• Positive Sentiment: MP selected Northlake, Texas for its “10X” rare-earth magnet campus — a roughly $1.25B investment intended to scale U.S. magnet production and vertically integrate NdPr to NdFeB magnet output. MP Materials Selects Northlake, Texas, as the Site of “10X”
• Positive Sentiment: Operational progress: MP produced first NdFeB magnets on commercial equipment and reported higher REO and NdPr output, supporting its transition toward downstream magnet sales. MP Materials Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results
• Positive Sentiment: MP disclosed a supply agreement with an unnamed automaker, indicating commercial traction for its domestic rare-earth supply. MP Materials inks rare earths deal with mystery automaker
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts compare MP to peers (e.g., USA Rare Earth) and generally see MP as having a near-term edge as U.S. magnet capacity ramps — important context but not an immediate price driver. MP Materials vs. USA Rare Earth
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue missed expectations (Q4 sales ~$52.7M vs. analyst estimates near $76M); management halted rare-earth sales to China per a government agreement, which reduced near-term revenue. MP Materials Revenue Falls After Halting Rare Earth Sales to China
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the profit beat, MP still shows negative net margin/return on equity and the large 10X capex raises near-term financing and execution risk; the stock dipped in after-hours reaction to the mixed release. MP Materials Beat on Earnings, Missed on Sales. The Stock Dips After the Close.

About MP Materials

MP Materials Corporation operates as a vertically integrated producer of rare earth materials in North America. The company owns and manages the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility in California, the only commercially viable rare earth mining and processing site in the United States. MP Materials extracts, separates and refines critical rare earth elements—such as neodymium, praseodymium, and cerium—which are essential inputs for permanent magnets used in electric vehicles, wind turbines, and various defense applications.

The Mountain Pass mine first began commercial rare earth production in the 1950s and was later operated by Molycorp until its bankruptcy in 2015.