5N Plus Inc. (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) Short Interest Up 27.8% in March

5N Plus Inc. (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) was the target of a large 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 sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 23,671 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 25.4 days.

5N Plus Stock Performance

OTCMKTS:FPLSF opened at $23.76 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.12 billion, a PE ratio of 42.43 and a beta of 1.91. 5N Plus has a 52-week low of $2.00 and a 52-week high of $26.06. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $19.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $15.65. 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 (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.09. The firm had revenue of $101.97 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $90.76 million. 5N Plus had a return on equity of 28.83% and a net margin of 12.93%.

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.