Company Analysis

MP Materials Corp. (MP)

NYSE: MP · Metal Mining · Las Vegas, NV · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade5.0
◀ Past 5.6● Present 5.5▶ Future 3.4
1 est.

The grade of MP Materials Corp.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.0/10
◀ Past5.640% of the headline
● Present5.535% of the headline
▶ Future3.425% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.6/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
3.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2020; the latest 2020-11-23.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 44 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

MP Materials Corp.'s filings since 2020 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-11-23) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+20.6% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 3 of 7.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

MP Materials Corp.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $73 million in fiscal 2019 to $224 million in fiscal 2025, up 20.6% a year; it rose in 4 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 61% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 3 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span20.6%top 12% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 50% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak61.4%bottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
9.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 9.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 99th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 1% of 35 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 35 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: MP Materials Corp.'s shareholder treatment is put at 9.8 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the top 1% of 35 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -4%: lost 4¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 49%: owes 49¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, MP Materials Corp. lost about 4 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 49 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 36% of its family
  • return on equitytop 36% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 38% of 24 in its family; net margin -38.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

MP Materials Corp.'s standing among 24 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $224 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of -38.3% ranks in the bottom 44%; revenue growth of -24.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 20% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$224Mtop 50% of its family
  • net margin-38.3%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-24.8%bottom 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 31% of 15 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

MP Materials Corp.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Litinsky, James H. (Chairman and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-11-19, 6 years (top 27% of its family); the 11 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6 years (top 42%); 2 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 11 people in charge now (top 25%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge2 in three years among 11 peopletop 25% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.0 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.0 yearstop 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 34% of 20 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

MP Materials Corp.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.2 billion against debt of $931 million leaves 6.1% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -146.2% of revenue (bottom 18%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets6.1%top 50% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-146.2%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 31% of 21 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

MP Materials Corp.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -24.8% a year over the last three filed years against 20.6% over all 7, slowing (bottom 3% of its family); the newest year grew 10.1% (top 37%); capital spending grew -19.2% a year (bottom 28%) (its annual reports). MP Materials Corp. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Materials at $160 million, Magnetics at $67 million. Their growth is not matched year over year yet, and the largest line is 71% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-45.4 points a yearbottom 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth10.1%top 37% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-19.2%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 36% of 18 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 36th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

MP Materials Corp.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $224 million in fiscal 2025 came in 77% above the $127 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 13% of its family); net income of $86 million against a prior three-year average of $83 million (bottom 8%); a net margin of -38.3% against 10.8% before (bottom 14%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace77.0%top 13% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-204%bottom 8% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-49.0 pointsbottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MP · research, not advice