Shell just reported quarterly profit that was almost twice last year’s level as oil and refined fuel markets tightened, underlining how critical access to raw materials can be when supply is strained. That same scramble for secure resources is playing out in rare earth elements used in electric cars, smartphones and defense hardware. This article walks through three rare earth metal stocks from our US screener that aim to give you direct exposure.
The three rare earth stocks covered below are only a starting sample, and the full screen surfaced 3 more miners with equally compelling narratives that are not included in this article. To see the wider field and identify which rare earth metal stocks line up best with your own thesis, head straight into the Rare Earth Metal Stocks screener
Overview: Critical Metals Corp. is a New York based explorer developing the Tanbreez rare earth project in Greenland alongside lithium prospects.
Operations: Critical Metals currently reports about US$2 million in mineral exploration revenue, reflecting its early stage focus on project development rather than production.
Market Cap: US$1.2b
Investors seeking rare earth exposure may consider that Critical Metals provides direct access to the Tanbreez heavy rare earth deposit in Greenland, which has long term mining approvals valid through 2050. The company remains a pre production explorer with funding and execution questions, and the project’s outlook is influenced by how one crucial cost pressure ultimately affects overall economics.
Those project economics hinge on more than geology, so check the DCF valuation analysis for Critical Metals to see how funding needs and cost pressures might reshape the Critical Metals story.
CRML Discounted Cash Flow as at Oct 2026
Overview: MP Materials runs the Mountain Pass rare earth mine and builds NdFeB magnets, linking US raw materials directly to EVs and defense hardware.
Operations: MP Materials currently reports about US$286 million from its Materials unit and roughly US$79 million from Magnetics, before segment adjustments.
Market Cap: US$7.3b
MP Materials provides exposure to both the ore in the ground and the high value magnets that feed into electric vehicles and military systems. The key question is how effectively it can turn that mine to magnet strategy into durable cash flow.
“The company is expanding its vertically integrated processing and magnet manufacturing capacity with the “10X” plant and a modular recycling facility. Together with significant CapEx support from Apple and the DoD, this is intended to capture more value-added margins and may affect net profit and operating leverage as they ramp downstream operations.”
What ultimately matters for MP Materials is how one unresolved cost and execution swing factor shapes those future margins and rare earth pricing power.
That swing factor is exactly where the full narrative for MP Materials lays out how MP Materials could turn its integrated rare earth chain into accelerating cash generation or a stalled opportunity.
MP Discounted Cash Flow as at Oct 2026
Overview: USA Rare Earth develops, mines, and processes rare earth and critical minerals at its Round Top Mountain project and related US facilities.
Operations: USA Rare Earth focuses on advancing Round Top Mountain and its US hydrometallurgical facility, with revenue potential tied to future project milestones.
Market Cap: US$3.9b
USA Rare Earth plugs directly into the screener theme by aiming to build a mine to magnet supply chain that provides EV motors, defense hardware, and high tech equipment with domestic rare earth oxides and magnets.
“The award comes through the DOE’s Critical Materials Innovation, Efficiency and Alternatives program and is aimed at advancing a pilot-scale rare earth element (REE) separations project within the United States.”
Changes in funding and execution constraints may affect margins and growth prospects.
Those funding and execution constraints are only half the story, and the full narrative for USA Rare Earth shows how USA Rare Earth’s DOE backed pilot could accelerate or stall that ambition.
USAR Discounted Cash Flow as at Oct 2026
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