5N Plus (FPLSF) versus Its Competitors Financial Contrast

5N Plus (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) is one of 297 publicly-traded companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare 5N Plus to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares 5N Plus and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
5N Plus	14.14%	26.36%	11.28%
5N Plus Competitors	-60.57%	-10.75%	-1.28%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for 5N Plus and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
5N Plus	0	1	2	1	3.00
5N Plus Competitors	3212	12193	14214	499	2.40

As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 8.41%. Given 5N Plus’ peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 5N Plus has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares 5N Plus and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
5N Plus	$391.06 million	$50.57 million	26.16
5N Plus Competitors	$6.33 billion	$216.27 million	-4.65

5N Plus’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than 5N Plus. 5N Plus is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.1% of 5N Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.6% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of 5N Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

5N Plus has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 5N Plus’ peers have a beta of 1.23, indicating that their average share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

5N Plus beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About 5N Plus

5N Plus Inc. produces and sells specialty metals and chemicals in North America, Europe, and Asia. It operates through two segments, Specialty Semiconductors and Performance Materials. The company offers semiconductor compounds, semiconductor wafers, metals, epitaxial semiconductor substrates, and solar cells. It also provides active pharmaceutical ingredients, animal feed additives, specialized chemicals, commercial grade metals, alloys, engineered powders, and recycling services. The company serves renewable energy, security, space, pharmaceutical, medical imaging, manufacturing, electronic, consumer, and industrial application markets. 5N Plus Inc. is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.