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MP Materials Corp (MP) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for MP, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index HALO Growth 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

HALO Growth 100 · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
MP−1.0%+3.3%−17.7%−9.4%
Circular Economy & Resource Security+0.2%−0.5%−9.9%—
HALO Growth 1000.0%+0.2%−7.6%—

Against the index: 3.1 pts ahead on the week, 10.1 pts behind on the month; against its Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve 7.8 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Midday 10, “Yields reverse back through the buyback within hours — 10-year 4.692%, 30-year 5.234% — as Walmart's double beat is sold 9% and Bitcoin holds a new local high above 71,500” (2026-08-20)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where MP appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Materials in US: +0.1% week · −6.8% month · −3.0% quarter · +1.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.83 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How MP has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.83 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), MP Materials Corp moved 0.83% on average · correlation 0.10 · higher than 79% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 2.15 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.34% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.84% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

HALO Growth 100 · Circular Economy & Resource Security

Waste collection, recycling tech, critical-mineral upstream. Resource scarcity + ESG mandates re-pricing the take-back loop.

Compared against MP on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — MP Materials Corp

MP in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
MP Materials mines and processes rare earth materials in the Western Hemisphere through two segments. Materials runs the Mountain Pass mine and processing site in California, while Magnetics turns rare earths into NdPr metal and NdFeB permanent magnets. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Las Vegas.
Where it sits in the stack
MP sits in our HALO Growth 100, a growth index outside the megacaps, within the Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve. That sleeve groups upstream critical-mineral supply with recycling and waste names, where scarcity and policy pressure are re-pricing the loop from raw material to reuse. MP is a supplier of feedstock and finished magnets to the motor, defence and turbine makers that sit downstream of it.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places MP with critical-mineral and resource names such as Freeport-McMoran, Albemarle and Ivanhoe Mines, alongside recycling and water names like Veolia, Tomra and Xylem, under the shared resource-security reasoning above. The market also compares it with Lynas Rare Earths as the other named rare-earth producer outside China.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
MP holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where momentum reads strongest and quality reads weakest of the modules. The diary has quoted it once, in a Midday 10 edition, as one of the day's sharper decliners.
What the diary watches
Whether the weak quality reading narrows as magnet output scales, and whether the stock's distance from its recent highs closes as rare-earth demand from motors and defence firms up.

MP Materials Corp (MP) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials. Constituent of HALO Growth 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 22/100 composite (momentum 15, quality 4, valuation 6) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 31 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What MP pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 31 m USD 0.3% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.1% in FY2025 30 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 31 m USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is MP Materials Corp (MP)?

MP Materials Corp trades as MP on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is MP in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — MP Materials Corp is a constituent of HALO Growth 100, as of 2026-09-26.

What is MP Materials Corp's Closelooknet composite score?

22 out of 100, with momentum 15, quality 4 and valuation 6 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does MP trade against its moving averages?

Resizing — 50.8% off its high: 50.8% below its 52-week high, under its 200-day — a deeper resizing of the trend, not a shallow dip. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is MP doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month MP Materials Corp is −17.7% against −7.6% for the HALO Growth 100 — 10.1 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve is −9.9% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does MP Materials Corp trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year MP Materials Corp had a beta of 0.83 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 79% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.34% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about MP Materials Corp?

MP Materials Corp appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Midday 10: Yields reverse back through the buyback within hours — 10-year 4.692%, 30-year 5.234% — as Walmart's double beat is sold 9% and Bitcoin holds a new local high above 71,500 (2026-08-20). What Closelooknet said most recently: On the other side: KC is the board's sharpest decliner at -10.36% to 11.09, MP falls 5.66% to 53.47, FLNC loses 5.39% to 11.42. (Midday 10, 2026-08-20). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does MP Materials Corp do?

MP Materials mines and processes rare earth materials in the Western Hemisphere through two segments. Materials runs the Mountain Pass mine and processing site in California, while Magnetics turns rare earths into NdPr metal and NdFeB permanent magnets. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Las Vegas. Closelooknet's peer group places MP with critical-mineral and resource names such as Freeport-McMoran, Albemarle and Ivanhoe Mines, alongside recycling and water names like Veolia, Tomra and Xylem, under the shared resource-security reasoning above. The market also compares it with Lynas Rare Earths as the other named rare-earth producer outside China.

Where does MP Materials Corp sit in the AI build-out?

MP sits in our HALO Growth 100, a growth index outside the megacaps, within the Circular Economy & Resource Security sleeve. That sleeve groups upstream critical-mineral supply with recycling and waste names, where scarcity and policy pressure are re-pricing the loop from raw material to reuse. MP is a supplier of feedstock and finished magnets to the motor, defence and turbine makers that sit downstream of it. MP holds a seat in the HALO Growth 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, where momentum reads strongest and quality reads weakest of the modules. The diary has quoted it once, in a Midday 10 edition, as one of the day's sharper decliners.

Does MP Materials Corp pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in MP Materials Corp’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 31 m USD of its own shares. The share count rose 0.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for MP, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

same Closelooknet index seat first, then Other Industrial Metals & Mining. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.