MPLX LP (NYSE:MPLX) went up by 0.24% from its latest closing price compared to the recent 1-year high of $27.20. The company’s stock price has collected 4.05% of gains in the last five trading sessions. Press Release reported on 12/29/20 that MPLX LP announces redemption of outstanding 5.250% senior notes due 2025
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Is It Worth Investing in MPLX LP (NYSE :MPLX) Right Now?
Plus, the 36-month beta value for MPLX is at 1.93. Opinions of the stock are interesting as 12 analysts out of 18 who provided ratings for MPLX LP declared the stock was a “buy,” while 1 rated the stock as “overweight,” 5 rated it as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The average price from analysts is $25.76, which is -$0.03 below the current price. MPLX currently public float of 388.02M and currently shorts hold a 4.17% ratio of that float. Today, the average trading volume of MPLX was 2.54M shares.
MPLX’s Market Performance
MPLX stocks went up by 4.05% for the week, with a monthly jump of 5.55% and a quarterly performance of 45.84%, while its annual performance rate touched -8.12%. The volatility ratio for the week stands at 2.70% while the volatility levels for the past 30 days are set at 3.34% for MPLX LP. The simple moving average for the period of the last 20 days is 9.83% for MPLX stocks with a simple moving average of 35.35% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of MPLX
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for MPLX stocks, with Raymond James repeating the rating for MPLX by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for MPLX in the upcoming period, according to Raymond James is $28 based on the research report published on January 11th of the current year 2021.
Goldman gave a rating of “Buy” to MPLX, setting the target price at $24 in the report published on September 10th of the previous year.
MPLX Trading at 15.83% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought MPLX to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -8.42% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.34%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.70%, as shares surge +9.11% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +44.74% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, MPLX rose by +4.05%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +147.61% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $22.78. In addition, MPLX LP saw 15.06% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at MPLX starting from Floerke Gregory Scott, who sale 2,500 shares at the price of $23.00 back on Dec 04. After this action, Floerke Gregory Scott now owns 79,083 shares of MPLX LP, valued at $57,500 using the latest closing price.
Floerke Gregory Scott, the COO and Exec. VP of MPLX LP, sale 2,500 shares at $21.00 during a trade that took place back on Nov 18, which means that Floerke Gregory Scott is holding 81,583 shares at $52,500 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for MPLX
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- +37.74 for the present operating margin
- +43.31 for the gross margin
The net margin for MPLX LP stands at +11.80. The total capital return value is set at 11.17, while invested capital returns managed to touch 3.52. Equity return is now at value -16.00, with -5.60 for asset returns.
Based on MPLX LP (MPLX), the company’s capital structure generated 117.19 points at debt to equity in total, while total debt to capital is 53.96. Total debt to assets is 50.24, with long-term debt to equity ratio resting at 128.46. Finally, the long-term debt to capital ratio is 53.76.
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When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 5.17, with the company’s debt to enterprise value settled at 0.45. The receivables turnover for the company is 8.82 and the total asset turnover is 0.28. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.70.
