Apple, MP Materials and earth magnets
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Deutsche Bank analyst Corinne Blanchard raised her target price on the rare-earths stock to $67 a share from $20.
MP Materials' stock surged 50% after a transformative Department of Defense deal. Click here to find out why I rate MP stock as a hold at current prices.
MP Materials said on Wednesday it would sell $500 million of its common stock, a day after the U.S. rare earths miner inked a supply deal with Apple .
James Litinsky, MP Materials chairman and CEO, joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the company's deal with the Defense Department, in which the Pentagon will become the largest shareholder in the rare earth miner.
In 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agreed to buy $400 million of preferred stock in MP Materials. This investment supports the expansion of its processing capacity and the construction of a second magnet manufacturing facility in the U.S. to supply key components to military weapons systems.