Financial Contrast: 5N Plus (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) & Amplifon (OTCMKTS:AMFPF)

5N Plus (OTCMKTS:FPLSF) and Amplifon (OTCMKTS:AMFPF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
5N Plus	6.35%	7.61%	2.72%
Amplifon	7.44%	16.57%	4.83%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for 5N Plus and Amplifon, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
5N Plus	0	0	0	0	N/A
Amplifon	0	0	2	0	3.00

5N Plus currently has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.82%. Given 5N Plus’ higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe 5N Plus is more favorable than Amplifon.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares 5N Plus and Amplifon’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
5N Plus	$242.37 million	1.25	$15.40 million	$0.18	19.00
Amplifon	$2.23 billion	N/A	$188.09 million	$0.78	41.28

Amplifon has higher revenue and earnings than 5N Plus. 5N Plus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amplifon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

5N Plus has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplifon has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amplifon beats 5N Plus on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Amplifon

Amplifon S.p.A. engages in the distribution of hearing solutions and the fitting of customized products that help people rediscover various emotions of sound in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers Ampli-easy, Ampli-connect, Ampli-energy, and Ampli-mini hearing devices. It also operates Ampli-care, a platform to deliver audiological care experience; and Amplifon App to manage the device functions in real-time directly from smartphone. Amplifon S.p.A. was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. Amplifon S.p.A.