5N Plus (FPLSF) versus Its Peers Critical Comparison

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

Risk & Volatility

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

Profitability

This table compares 5N Plus and its competitors’ 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	-60.71%	-10.78%	-1.44%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of 5N Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of 5N Plus shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for 5N Plus and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
5N Plus	0	1	2	1	3.00
5N Plus Competitors	3219	12233	14250	503	2.40

As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 10.03%. Given 5N Plus’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 5N Plus has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
5N Plus	$391.06 million	$50.57 million	30.33
5N Plus Competitors	$6.35 billion	$216.28 million	-4.09

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

Summary

5N Plus beats its competitors 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.