Head-To-Head Comparison: MP Materials (MP) vs. Its Competitors

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.5% of MP Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of MP Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of shares of all “Metals & Mining” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for MP Materials and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MP Materials	2	1	13	1	2.76
MP Materials Competitors	6397	22575	32271	1793	2.47

MP Materials currently has a consensus price target of $71.92, indicating a potential upside of 82.25%. As a group, “Metals & Mining” companies have a potential upside of 35.67%. Given MP Materials’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MP Materials is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares MP Materials and its peers’ 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%	-53.09%	-2.11%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MP Materials and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MP Materials	$224.44 million	-$85.87 million	-116.06
MP Materials Competitors	$4.65 billion	$279.69 million	-46.29

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

Risk & Volatility

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’ peers have a beta of 1.03, indicating that their average stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

MP Materials Company Profile

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.