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NYSE:MP

MP Materials (MP) Competitors

$19.10
-0.18 (-0.93%)
(As of 09/29/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$18.97
$19.94
50-Day Range
$18.63
$24.15
52-Week Range
$18.39
$36.67
Volume
2.00 million shs
Average Volume
2.86 million shs
Market Capitalization
$3.39 billion
P/E Ratio
20.54
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$34.14

MP vs. LAC, HBM, GSM, CLF, CRS, SID, FUL, AVNT, LTHM, and AMR

Should you be buying MP Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MP Materials include Lithium Americas (LAC), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ferroglobe (GSM), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Avient (AVNT), Livent (LTHM), and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.

MP Materials vs.

MP Materials (NYSE:MP) and Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Lithium Americas received 109 more outperform votes than MP Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.23% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MP MaterialsOutperform Votes
45
69.23%
Underperform Votes
20
30.77%
Lithium AmericasOutperform Votes
154
60.87%
Underperform Votes
99
39.13%

MP Materials currently has a consensus target price of $34.14, suggesting a potential upside of 78.76%. Lithium Americas has a consensus target price of $34.78, suggesting a potential upside of 104.45%. Given Lithium Americas' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas is more favorable than MP Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MP Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lithium Americas
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

MP Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Lithium Americas. Lithium Americas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MP Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MP Materials$527.51M6.43$289M$0.9320.54
Lithium AmericasN/AN/A-$93.57M-$0.11-154.62

MP Materials has a net margin of 46.38% compared to Lithium Americas' net margin of 0.00%. MP Materials' return on equity of 14.63% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MP Materials46.38% 14.63% 8.57%
Lithium Americas N/A -3.46%-2.74%

MP Materials has a beta of 2.66, suggesting that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Americas has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

59.4% of MP Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of MP Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Lithium Americas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Lithium Americas had 9 more articles in the media than MP Materials. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Lithium Americas and 7 mentions for MP Materials. MP Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Lithium Americas' score of -0.15 indicating that MP Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MP Materials
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lithium Americas
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

MP Materials beats Lithium Americas on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MP vs. The Competition

MetricMP MaterialsMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.39B$7.98B$2.51B$15.12B
Dividend YieldN/A3.99%4.35%3.77%
P/E Ratio20.544.5095.3218.77
Price / Sales6.43148.2816,206.578.61
Price / Cash10.8862.8123.6117.08
Price / Book2.582.172.856.54
Net Income$289M$1.11B$303.94M$901.03M
7 Day Performance-3.88%-1.23%5.94%-0.46%
1 Month Performance-11.20%-5.72%3.73%-5.77%
1 Year Performance-30.04%1.62%5.86%10.40%

MP Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LAC
Lithium Americas
2.0247 of 5 stars
$17.21
-3.4%
$34.78
+102.1%
-35.2%$2.75BN/A-156.44749Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
2.7301 of 5 stars
$4.61
-0.9%
$10.38
+125.1%
+20.8%$1.61B$1.46B-35.462,241Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
GSM
Ferroglobe
2.674 of 5 stars
$5.09
-1.2%
$11.00
+116.1%
-1.5%$954.02M$2.60B5.473,265Short Interest ↑
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
2.2341 of 5 stars
$14.70
-1.1%
$20.12
+36.9%
+16.0%$7.48B$22.99B33.4127,000Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CRS
Carpenter Technology
2.0437 of 5 stars
$68.14
-2.3%
$74.75
+9.7%
+115.8%$3.33B$2.55B59.254,500Short Interest ↑
SID
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
1.5814 of 5 stars
$2.38
-0.8%
$2.30
-3.2%
+0.4%$3.30B$8.59B-79.1726,766Gap Up
FUL
H.B. Fuller
2.7889 of 5 stars
$67.16
-0.6%
$80.60
+20.0%
+14.2%$3.62B$3.75B23.737,000Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AVNT
Avient
2.4101 of 5 stars
$34.65
-3.0%
$43.83
+26.5%
+16.6%$3.16B$3.40B5.479,700Short Interest ↑
LTHM
Livent
2.8436 of 5 stars
$17.34
-4.4%
$29.95
+72.8%
-39.9%$3.12B$813.20M9.961,350News Coverage
Gap Up
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources
1.7085 of 5 stars
$245.26
+0.4%
$204.50
-16.6%
+89.8%$3.72B$4.10B4.323,730Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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