Short Interest in 5N Plus Inc. (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) Grows By 43.1%

5N Plus Inc. (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 524,742 shares, an increase of 43.1% from the January 29th total of 366,796 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 50,948 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 10.3 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 50,948 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 10.3 days.

5N Plus Price Performance

Shares of FPLSF stock traded up $0.51 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $23.03. The company had a trading volume of 3,941 shares, compared to its average volume of 48,911. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.13 and a beta of 1.91. 5N Plus has a one year low of $2.00 and a one year high of $23.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a current ratio of 2.97. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $16.80 and its 200 day moving average price is $18.61.

5N Plus (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 24th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 29.99% and a net margin of 12.93%.

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.