Can MP Materials Stock Beat the Market in 2026? [Yahoo! Finance]
MP Materials Corp. (MP)
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Source: Yahoo! Finance
has gained a little less than 11%, while the S&P 500 index has nudged about 1% higher. Last year, the difference was even more pronounced. The S&P 500 finished 2025 nearly 18% higher, while MP Materials crushed the market with a roughly 224% gain. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Over a five-year period, an investment in MP would have outperformed the same investment in the S&P 500, as the chart below demonstrates. What exactly is driving MP Materials , and can it beat the market again in 2026? Let's take a look. Long story short, the U.S. has a rare-earth problem, and it's running out of time to solve it. Like most of the world, it still depends on Chinese producers for the majority of its rare-earth processing and high-performance magnets. That's put the U.S. government in a thorny situation: Relations with China aren't exactly friendly,
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- Is MP Materials (MP) Share Price Justified After Rare Earth Supply Focus? [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- US proposes critical minerals trade bloc aimed at countering China [Yahoo! Finance Canada]Yahoo! Finance Canada
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- New ‘Project Vault' critical minerals stockpile is ‘first step of many' needed for U.S. to break China's supply chain chokehold By Jordan Blum Editor, Energy By Jordan Blum Editor, Energy February 3, 2026, 4:39 PM ET [Fortune]Fortune
- U.S. Takes 15% Stake In MP Materials As Policy Ties Deepen [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
MP
Earnings
- 11/6/25 - Beat
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Sec Filings
- 1/27/26 - Form SCHEDULE
- 1/22/26 - Form 4
- 1/22/26 - Form 4
- MP's page on the SEC website