Operates the Mountain Pass Rare Earth mine in California. Extracts and processes rare earth minerals. Now — the numbers.
The company is still in the product-building phase: its spending runs above its sales. That only changes once the product starts selling at scale.
An average decline of 9% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
At this burn rate the cash pile isn’t the pressing question — for now, time is on the company’s side.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 40.1× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 11% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 60% above today's price.
angles, checked one by one.
The 2 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Cost Efficiency: As sales grow, profit fails to keep the same pace.
The stock trades 49% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Sales run at $224.4M a year. A small number, but proof the product has real buyers.
A loss of $85.9M against $224.4M in annual sales.
Today’s price already includes part of tomorrow’s optimism. Report-card grade: 11/100.
Measured against its sector, the quality of the business sits below the class average. Report-card grade: 16/100.
On our five-subject report card, MP sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: MP is a high-risk stock — not yet profitable, and its future rides on its product catching on.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (11/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.