5N Plus Inc. (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) Short Interest Update

5N Plus Inc. (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 600,200 shares, an increase of 27.8% from the February 26th total of 469,600 shares. Approximately 0.7% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 23,671 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 25.4 days.

5N Plus Trading Down 9.7%

Shares of 5N Plus stock opened at $21.46 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a current ratio of 2.76. 5N Plus has a 52 week low of $3.66 and a 52 week high of $26.06. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $20.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $15.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.91 billion, a PE ratio of 38.32 and a beta of 1.91.

5N Plus (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09. 5N Plus had a return on equity of 28.83% and a net margin of 12.93%.The company had revenue of $101.97 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $90.76 million.

5N Plus Company Profile

5N Plus Inc is a Canadian specialty chemicals and materials company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high‐purity metals and compounds for advanced technology markets. The company’s product portfolio spans a range of elemental metals—including bismuth, antimony, tellurium, selenium, indium and germanium—along with organometallic precursors, catalysts and radioisotopes. These materials are engineered to meet stringent purity standards (commonly known as “five‐nines” or 99.999% purity) for critical applications in electronics, photovoltaics, catalysts and life sciences.

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Boucherville, Quebec, 5N Plus has grown from its roots in high‐purity research to a global manufacturing and distribution platform.