MP’s short interest shows a sharp rise on 2025-11-14

Roman Campbell

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 $15,864,583 were sold by Litinsky James H. on Nov 20 ’25. At $63.86 per share, Litinsky James H. sold 248,411 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 13,369,665 shares worth approximately $826.25 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, JAMES HENRY LITINSKY REVOCABLE purchased 248,411 shares, netting a total of over 15,864,147 in proceeds.

Before that, Corbett Ryan had sold 20,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,154,400, the Chief Financial Officer traded MP Materials Corporation shares for $57.72 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 20,000 shares, worth approximately $12.04 million.

As published in a research note from BMO Capital Markets on November 24, 2025, MP Materials Corporation [MP] has been rated up from a Market perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $75. Analysts at Goldman started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of November 14, 2025, JP Morgan has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Overweight” for MP. Earlier on November 10, 2025, Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for MP stock which previously was a “a Hold”.

Analyzing MP Stock Performance

On last trading session, MP Materials Corporation [NYSE: MP] rose 5.26% to $61.8. The stock’s lowest price that day was $57.92, but it reached a high of $62.0394 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.74%. Over the course of the year, MP Materials Corporation shares have jumped approximately 196.97%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $100.25 on 10/14/25 and a 52-week low of $15.77 on 01/02/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for MP Materials Corporation (MP)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 59.06, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 56.33. In the upper region, resistance lies at 63.39. The next price resistance is at 64.99. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 50.45 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is MP Materials Corporation subject to short interest?

Stocks of MP Materials Corporation saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-14 jumping by 0.47 million shares to 24.64 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-15 was 24.16 million shares. A jump of 1.93% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.53 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.53.

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In terms of MP Materials Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 77 in the next 12 months, up nearly 31.15% from the previous closing price of $58.71. Analysts anticipate MP Materials Corporation stock to reach 82 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 69. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked MP Materials Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 09, 2025, BMO Capital Markets assigned a price target of “a Market perform” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $76.

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