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MP vs RIO
Side-by-side comparison of MP Materials Corp. (MP) and Rio Tinto Plc (RIO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both MP and RIO operate in Metal Mining (Basic Materials), so they compete in similar markets.
- RIO is the larger of the two at $126.47B, about 12.0x MP ($10.54B).
- Over the past year, MP is up 110.6% and RIO is up 71.1% - MP leads by 39.4 points.
- MP has been more active in the news (8 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for RIO).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- MP Materials Corp.
- Rio Tinto Plc
- Price
- $58.26-1.54%
- $101.43+0.74%
- Market cap
- $10.54B
- $126.47B
- 1M return
- -15.59%
- -1.62%
- 1Y return
- +110.55%
- +71.10%
- Industry
- Metal Mining
- Metal Mining
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2020
- 2002
- News (4w)
- 8
- 2
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
MP Materials Corp.
MP Materials Corp. engages in the ownership and operation of integrated rare earth mining and processing facilities. It owns and operates the Mountain Pass facility located in the Western Hemisphere. The company holds the mineral rights to the Mountain Pass mine and surrounding areas, as well as intellectual property rights related to the processing and development of rare earth minerals. It offers neodymium and praseodymium that are rare earth elements, which in combination form neodymium-praseodymium. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rio Tinto Plc
Rio Tinto Group engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide. The company offers aluminum, copper, diamonds, gold, borates, titanium dioxide, salt, iron ore, and uranium. It also owns and operates open pit and underground mines, mills, refineries, smelters, power stations, and research and service facilities. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Latest MP
- Chairman and CEO Litinsky James H. sold $12,801,855 worth of shares (185,167 units at $69.14) (SEC Form 4)
- Needham initiated coverage on MP Materials with a new price target
- Chairman and CEO Litinsky James H. sold $26,225,225 worth of shares (400,000 units at $65.56) (SEC Form 4)
- Inside The North Atlantic Critical Minerals Push: A $68 Billion Greenland Deposit Lands At The EU Raw Materials Summit
- Barclays initiated coverage on MP Materials with a new price target
- Why a $35 Million Greenland Rare Earth Deal Just Put One Small-Cap on Every Investor's Radar
- Chief Operating Officer Rosenthal Michael Stuart bought $962,540 worth of shares (17,000 units at $56.62), increasing direct ownership by 1% to 1,333,673 units (SEC Form 4)
- Past-Producing Nevada Tungsten Asset Lines Up With DIBC Filing And European Mandate
- Chairman and CEO Litinsky James H. sold $19,634,359 worth of shares (300,000 units at $65.45) (SEC Form 4)
- The Nevada Tungsten Past-Producer That Just Filed With the Pentagon's Critical Minerals Body -- and What 17 Historical Workings Could Mean for the 2026 Drill Program
Latest RIO
- Rio Tinto downgraded by RBC Capital Mkts
- Rio Tinto downgraded by BofA Securities
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Rio Tinto Plc
- Rio Tinto downgraded by Analyst
- Rio Tinto downgraded by Barclays
- Rio Tinto downgraded by Goldman
- SEC Form IRANNOTICE filed by Rio Tinto Plc
- Miners Win as China's Export Ban Triggers 54-Nation Pact Reshaping Critical Minerals
- Rio Tinto downgraded by Morgan Stanley
- Rio Tinto upgraded by Erste Group