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.