Barclays initiated coverage of MP Materials with an Overweight rating.

The firm set a $69 price target.

The rating secured a unanimous bullish consensus on Wall Street.

All 18 analysts tracking the rare earth producer now maintain a buy-equivalent rating.

Driven by this sentiment and an insider purchase by the company’s COO, the stock rose 9.27% on May 21.

The shares gained another 4.41% on May 22 to close at $64.46.

Analysts cite MP's critical role in rebuilding a domestic, vertically integrated rare earth supply chain as the primary catalyst.