Head to Head Survey: MP Materials (MP) vs. Its Rivals

MP Materials (NYSE:MP) is one of 1,984 publicly-traded companies in the “Metals & Mining” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare MP Materials to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Volatility & Risk

MP Materials has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MP Materials’ competitors have a beta of 1.02, indicating that their average stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.5% of MP Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of MP Materials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for MP Materials and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MP Materials	2	1	13	1	2.76
MP Materials Competitors	6390	22553	32226	1789	2.47

MP Materials currently has a consensus target price of $71.92, indicating a potential upside of 75.78%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 27.83%. Given MP Materials’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe MP Materials is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares MP Materials and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MP Materials	-19.85%	-1.21%	-0.62%
MP Materials Competitors	-1,168,050,136,845,918,000.00%	-50.94%	-2.11%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MP Materials and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MP Materials	$224.44 million	-$85.87 million	-120.34
MP Materials Competitors	$4.78 billion	$279.56 million	-47.14

MP Materials’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. MP Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

MP Materials beats its competitors on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About MP Materials

MP Materials Corp., together with its subsidiaries, produces rare earth materials. The company owns and operates the Mountain Pass Rare Earth mine and processing facility in North America. It holds the mineral rights to the Mountain Pass mine and surrounding areas, as well as intellectual property rights related to the processing and development of rare earth minerals. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.