Benzinga · Aug 14, 2026
MP Materials Stock Surges Friday Amid Defense Policy Shifts
MP Materials shares are trading higher Friday afternoon on new federal trade and defense initiatives boosting domestic supply chains.
MP
NYSE · MP
MP Materials Corp.
Basic Materials · Industrial Materials
$58.74
Up+$3.08 (+5.53%)
Updated Aug 16, 2026, 7:44 AM
SID Score
5.7/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
60/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 10.64B
- P/E ratio
- -88.82
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $37.81 – $100.25
- Volume
- 10.82M
- Avg. volume
- 14.75M
Price performance
MP price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
MP closed at $58.74 after 20 trading sessions, up 28.53% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $58.74
- Period change
- +28.53%
- Period low
- $38.10
- Period high
- $58.74
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $56.30 | $61.11 | $56.15 | $58.74 | 10.82M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $53.68 | $56.02 | $53.25 | $55.66 | 6.33M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $55.80 | $55.98 | $53.5005 | $54.11 | 6.39M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $54.67 | $55.43 | $52.90 | $55.24 | 6.15M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $52.805 | $55.67 | $52.66 | $54.66 | 10.63M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $50.68 | $53.47 | $48.17 | $51.11 | 12.39M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $47.30 | $49.20 | $46.80 | $47.49 | 7.78M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $48.78 | $49.1876 | $47.22 | $47.91 | 7.45M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $45.68 | $48.45 | $45.21 | $47.47 | 10.3M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $41.025 | $44.38 | $40.65 | $43.84 | 5.6M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $42.24 | $42.50 | $40.71 | $41.37 | 7.84M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $39.26 | $41.77 | $38.75 | $41.66 | 7.18M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $40.87 | $41.1301 | $37.81 | $38.10 | 8.81M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $42.205 | $42.68 | $39.91 | $41.28 | 7.09M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $41.40 | $43.22 | $41.15 | $43.13 | 4.91M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $44.44 | $44.6999 | $41.12 | $41.30 | 7.53M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $44.80 | $45.49 | $43.706 | $44.65 | 4.55M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $45.54 | $47.18 | $45.37 | $45.68 | 4.01M |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $46.70 | $47.62 | $45.23 | $46.30 | 5.09M |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $45.36 | $46.70 | $44.02 | $45.70 | 6.44M |
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Company profile
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.
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- Average target
- $77.00
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| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | JP Morgan | Overweight | — |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Needham | Buy | — |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | — |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
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Benzinga · Aug 14, 2026
Trading Halt: Halt status updated at 9:50:00 AM ET: Quotation Resumption: IPO Security - Released for Quotation
Yahoo · Aug 14, 2026
MP Materials vs. The Metals Company: Which Critical-Minerals Stock Is the Smarter Long-Term Buy?
Commercial success still separates these two companies.
Yahoo · Aug 14, 2026
MP Materials (MP) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
NdPr sales volumes doubled while cash reserves hit $1.45 billion, funding expansion plans.
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