5N Plus (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) Announces Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.01 EPS

5N Plus (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) released its earnings results on Monday. The company reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.16 by $0.01, Zacks reports. 5N Plus had a return on equity of 28.72% and a net margin of 13.99%.

5N Plus Stock Down 1.5%

OTCMKTS FPLSF traded down $0.34 during trading on Monday, reaching $23.00. 2,211 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 49,734. The stock has a market cap of $2.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.38 and a beta of 1.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 1.30 and a current ratio of 2.69. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $27.98 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $24.21. 5N Plus has a 1 year low of $8.75 and a 1 year high of $44.91.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on FPLSF. Royal Bank Of Canada began coverage on 5N Plus in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st. They issued a “moderate buy” rating on the stock. Scotiabank started coverage on shares of 5N Plus in a research note on Monday, June 22nd. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of 5N Plus to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

About 5N Plus

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.