Short Interest in 5N Plus Inc. (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) Increases By 27.8%

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

5N Plus Stock Up 7.0%

Shares of OTCMKTS FPLSF opened at $22.97 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.76, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. The company has a market cap of $2.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.01 and a beta of 1.91. 5N Plus has a 12 month low of $3.66 and a 12 month high of $26.06. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $20.26 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $15.81.

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

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.