MP — MP Materials Corp.
Basic Materials · ETF XLB · as of 2026-09-18
MP Materials Corp is the producer of rare earth materials in the Western Hemisphere. The company owns and operates the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility, the only rare earth mining and processing site of scale in North America. The company is also developing a rare earth metal, alloy, and magnet manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The company's operations are organized into two reportable segments: Materials and Magnetics.
Price & today
| Stock today | -4.29% |
| Sector ETF today | -1.42% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | -2.87% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLB | 0.57 |
| 60-day correlation with XLB | 0.21 |
| Status | normal |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $50.64 |
| 20 EMA | $52.09 |
| 50 EMA | $52.94 |
| EMA stack | BEARISH |
| RSI(14) | 35.6 |
| 52-week high distance | — |
| 52-week low distance | — |
Signals
| Market F&G | 46.9 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | SELL (18d) |
| Sector rank | #35 |
| Next earnings | 2026-11-04 (TNS, 46d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov-24 | -0.12 | - | 62.9 | +20% |
| Feb-25 | -0.12 | - | 61.0 | +48% |
| May-25 | -0.12 | - | 60.8 | +25% |
| Aug-25 | -0.13 | - | 57.4 | +84% |
| Nov-25 | -0.10 | - | 53.6 | -15% |
| Feb-26 | 0.09 | - | 52.7 | -14% |
| May-26 | 0.03 | - | 90.6 | +49% |
| Aug-26 | -0.01 | - | 108.5 | +89% |
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
- Sep 17 − MP's Operating Losses Continue in Q2: Can It Revert to Profitability? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 12 + Should You Ignore MP Materials and Buy This Rare-Earth Stock Instead? The Motley Fool
- Sep 11 · USAR Falls Below 50-Day SMA: Is It Time to Hold or Exit the Stock? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 08 + What Does "Reshoring" Actually Mean for Industrial Investors? The Motley Fool
- Aug 31 + Energy Fuels' ASM Buy Strengthens Rare Earth Push: What's Next? Zacks Investment Research
- Aug 31 · MP vs. NB: Which Critical Minerals Stock is the Better Buy? Zacks Investment Research
- Aug 27 + MP Materials vs. Enterprise Products: Which "Boring" Business Actually Has the Better Growth Case? The Motley Fool
- Aug 24 + Is MP Materials Stock a Buy After Earnings? The Motley Fool