The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. MP Materials Corporation shares valued at $382,304 were sold by Hoops Elliot Dean on Aug 01 ’25. At $60.33 per share, Hoops Elliot Dean sold 6,337 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 0 shares worth approximately $0.0 following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Hoops Elliot Dean purchased 6,337 shares, netting a total of over 382,038 in proceeds.
Before that, Hoops Elliot Dean had sold 6,338 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $202,464, the General Counsel and Secretary traded MP Materials Corporation shares for $31.94 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 6,338 shares, worth approximately $0.45 million.
As published in a research note from Jefferies on August 01, 2025, MP Materials Corporation [MP] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $80. As of July 07, 2025, Jefferies has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for MP. Earlier on June 05, 2025, Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for MP stock which previously was a “an Equal-weight”.
Analyzing MP Stock Performance
On last trading session, MP Materials Corporation [NYSE: MP] rose 5.27% to $71.07. The stock’s lowest price that day was $68.572, but it reached a high of $72.35 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 15.56%. Over the course of the year, MP Materials Corporation shares have jumped approximately 575.57%.
Is MP Materials Corporation subject to short interest?
Stocks of MP Materials Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -2.62 million shares to 28.3 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 30.92 million shares. A decline of -9.26% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.44 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.44.
Which companies own the most shares of MP Materials Corporation (MP)?
In terms of MP Materials Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 65 in the next 12 months, down nearly -3.72% from the previous closing price of $67.51. Analysts anticipate MP Materials Corporation stock to reach 65 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 65. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked MP Materials Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 27, 2024, Robert W. Baird assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $25.
