MP Materials Corp. / DE
Business
MP Materials Corp. is the largest producer of rare earth materials in the Western Hemisphere and operates the Mountain Pass mine and processing facility and the Independence rare earth metal, alloy and magnet manufacturing facility. The company produces rare earth concentrate, separated oxides including neodymium‑praseodymium (NdPr) oxide, NdPr metal, alloy flake, magnetic precursor products and NdFeB permanent magnets. Its operations are organized into two segments: Materials (upstream mining, milling, flotation and separations) and Magnetics (downstream metal, alloy and magnet manufacturing). The company distributes concentrate largely via an offtake arrangement into China and sells separated products and magnets to customers and distributors in the U.S., Japan, South Korea and broader Asia.
Summary from filing dated 2025-02-28
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (including related party) | 224 | 204 | 253 | 528 | 332 | |
| Price protection agreement income | 51 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Cost of sales (excluding depreciation, depletion and amortization) (including related party) | 193 | 193 | 93 | 92 | — | |
| Selling, general and administrative | 112 | 83 | 79 | 76 | 57 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 89 | 78 | 56 | 18 | 24 | |
| Start-up costs | 4 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 378,000 | |
| Advanced projects and development | 24 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 4 | |
| Other operating costs and expenses | 2 | 4 | 7 | — | — | |
| Total operating costs and expenses, net | 425 | 373 | 271 | 200 | 167 | |
| Operating loss | −149 | −169 | −18 | 327 | 165 | |
| Interest expense, net | −31 | −23 | −5 | −6 | — | |
| Gain on early extinguishment of debt | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Other income, net | 63 | 46 | 56 | 20 | 4 | |
| Income (loss) before income taxes | −118 | −93 | 33 | 341 | 160 | |
| Income tax benefit (expense) | 32 | 28 | −9 | −52 | −25 | |
| Net income (loss) | −86 | −65 | 24 | 289 | 135 | |
| Basic (in USD per share) | −0.5 | −0.39 | 0.14 | 1.64 | 0.78 | |
| Diluted (in USD per share) | −0.5 | −0.57 | 0.14 | 1.52 | 0.73 | |
| Basic (in shares) | 170 | 167 | 177 | 177 | 173 | |
| Diluted (in shares) | 170 | 170 | 178 | 193 | 190 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,166 | 282 | 263 | 137 | 1,179 | |
| Short-term investments | 664 | 568 | 734 | 1,046 | 0 | |
| Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments | 1,830 | 851 | 998 | 1,182 | 1,179 | |
| Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $0 and $0, respectively (including related party) | 15 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 51 | |
| Income taxes receivable | 1 | 24 | 830,000 | 2 | 0 | |
| Other receivables | 131 | 21 | — | — | — | |
| Inventories | 172 | 108 | 95 | 58 | 39 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 17 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 8 | |
| Total current assets | 2,166 | 1,031 | 1,131 | 1,294 | 1,277 | |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,370 | 1,251 | 1,158 | 936 | 611 | |
| Inventories | 81 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | |
| Price protection agreement upfront asset, net | 210 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Other non-current assets | 38 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total non-current assets | 1,698 | 1,302 | 1,205 | 944 | 613 | |
| Total assets | 3,864 | 2,334 | 2,336 | 2,238 | 1,890 | |
| Accounts and construction payable | 37 | 24 | 28 | 15 | — | |
| Accrued liabilities | 95 | 65 | 74 | 57 | — | |
| Current portion of long-term debt | 67 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Deferred revenue | 74 | 57 | 0 | — | — | |
| Other current liabilities | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |
| Total current liabilities | 299 | 164 | 109 | 97 | 60 | |
| Long-term debt, net of current portion | 931 | 909 | 682 | 678 | 675 | |
| Deferred revenue | 84 | 43 | 0 | — | — | |
| Deferred government grant | 22 | 20 | 17 | 0 | — | |
| Deferred investment tax credit | 27 | 26 | 0 | — | — | |
| Deferred income taxes | 52 | 85 | 131 | 122 | 105 | |
| Other non-current liabilities | 57 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 8 | |
| Total non-current liabilities | 1,173 | 1,115 | 862 | 828 | 821 | |
| Total liabilities | 1,472 | 1,279 | 971 | 925 | 881 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 13) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Redeemable preferred stock | 414 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Preferred stock, undesignated ($0.0001 par value, 49,600,000 and 50,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively, zero issued and outstanding in either year) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Common stock ($0.0001 par value, 450,000,000 shares authorized, 192,607,429 and 178,445,570 shares issued, and 177,357,647 and 163,195,788 shares outstanding, as of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, respectively) | 19,000 | 18,000 | 17,000 | 18,000 | 18,000 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 1,971 | 961 | 980 | 951 | 936 | |
| Retained earnings | 234 | 320 | 386 | 361 | 72 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 387,000 | 173,000 | 145,000 | 189,000 | 0 | |
| Treasury stock, at cost, 15,249,782 shares for both periods | −227 | −227 | 0 | — | — | |
| Total stockholders equity | 1,979 | 1,055 | 1,366 | 1,313 | 1,009 | |
| Total liabilities, redeemable preferred stock and stockholders equity | 3,864 | 2,334 | 2,336 | 2,238 | 1,890 | |
| Common stock, par value (usd per share) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-12-31 | FY 2024 2024-12-31 | FY 2023 2023-12-31 | FY 2022 2022-12-31 | FY 2021 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accretion of discount on short-term investments | −24 | −30 | −26 | −10 | 0 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | 30 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 23 | |
| Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |
| Write-downs of inventories | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Deferred income taxes | −30 | −28 | 8 | 18 | 17 | |
| Other | −7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | |
| Trade accounts receivable (including related party) | 4 | −9 | 23 | 18 | −47 | |
| Income taxes receivable | 23 | −23 | 1 | −2 | 0 | |
| Other receivables | −110 | −36,000 | −18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Inventories | −115 | −42 | −47 | −24 | −8 | |
| Prepaid expenses, other current and non-current assets | −9 | −2 | −574,000 | −6 | −4 | |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | |
| Income taxes payable | 360,000 | 0 | −21 | 18 | 3 | |
| Deferred revenue | 58 | 100 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Deferred government grant | 5 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other current and non-current liabilities | −1 | 27 | −294,000 | −1 | −902,000 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | −156 | 13 | 63 | 344 | 102 | |
| Additions to property, plant and equipment | −172 | −186 | −262 | −327 | −124 | |
| Purchases of short-term investments | −1,819 | −1,568 | −1,185 | −2,780 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from sales of short-term investments | 176 | 166 | 508 | 1,463 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments | 1,571 | 1,598 | 1,015 | 281 | 0 | |
| Investment in equity method investee | 0 | 0 | −10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Proceeds from return of investment in equity method investee | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | 4 | 0 | 18,000 | 0 | 125,000 | |
| Proceeds from government awards used for construction | 24 | 96,000 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | −206 | 10 | 69 | −1,357 | −119 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt | 62 | 748 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 748 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from issuance of Series A preferred stock | 299 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from issuance of warrant | 189 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Payment of debt issuance costs | −4 | −21 | 0 | 0 | −18 | |
| Payments to retire long-term debt | 0 | −429 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Payment of equity issuance costs | −31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Purchase of capped call options | 0 | −65 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Repurchases of common stock | 0 | −225 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Principal payments on debt obligations | −6 | −3 | −3 | −6 | — | |
| Tax withholding on stock-based awards | −11 | −10 | −7 | −18 | −3 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 1,246 | −5 | −10 | −24 | 666 | |
| Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 884 | 19 | 121 | −1,038 | 649 |