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 $533,607 were sold by Hoops Elliot Dean on Jan 20 ’26. At $68.21 per share, Hoops Elliot Dean sold 7,823 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 74,967 shares worth approximately $5.13 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Elliot Hoops purchased 7,823 shares, netting a total of over 533,569 in proceeds.
Before that, Litinsky James H. had sold 272,600 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $17,492,742, the Chairman and CEO traded MP Materials Corporation shares for $64.17 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 272,600 shares, worth approximately $875.54 million.
As published in their initiating research note from William Blair on January 13, 2026, MP Materials Corporation [MP] has been an Outperform. Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early December. As of November 24, 2025, BMO Capital Markets has increased its “Market perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for MP. Earlier on November 19, 2025, Goldman initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for MP stock.
Analyzing MP Stock Performance
On last trading session, MP Materials Corporation [NYSE: MP] rose 5.75% to $68.37. The stock’s lowest price that day was $65.79, but it reached a high of $70.92 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.34%. Over the course of the year, MP Materials Corporation shares have jumped approximately 227.60%.
Is MP Materials Corporation subject to short interest?
Stocks of MP Materials Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.3 million shares to 23.27 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 23.57 million shares. A decline of -1.29% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.87 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.87.
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 77 in the next 12 months, up nearly 19.1% from the previous closing price of $64.65. Analysts anticipate MP Materials Corporation stock to reach 82 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 71. In spite of this, 9 analysts ranked MP Materials Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2026.
