5N Plus Inc. (TSE:VNP) Senior Officer Richard Perron Purchases 75,000 Shares

5N Plus Inc. (TSE:VNP) Senior Officer Richard Perron acquired 75,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 11th. The shares were bought at an average cost of C$6.95 per share, with a total value of C$521,250.00.

5N Plus Stock Performance

VNP stock opened at C$7.18 on Friday. 5N Plus Inc. has a twelve month low of C$2.99 and a twelve month high of C$7.25. The company has a quick ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 3.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 110.23. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$6.24 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$5.56. The stock has a market capitalization of C$638.45 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6,283.33 and a beta of 1.57.

5N Plus (TSE:VNP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 5th. The company reported C$0.08 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of C$0.06 by C$0.02. 5N Plus had a return on equity of 8.56% and a net margin of 4.15%. The company had revenue of C$102.04 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of C$91.45 million. As a group, analysts anticipate that 5N Plus Inc. will post 0.3715996 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently commented on VNP shares. Raymond James increased their price target on 5N Plus from C$7.50 to C$8.50 in a research note on Friday, September 6th. National Bankshares increased their target price on 5N Plus from C$6.50 to C$8.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 26th. Cormark boosted their price target on shares of 5N Plus from C$5.50 to C$7.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 7th. Finally, Desjardins increased their price objective on shares of 5N Plus from C$7.25 to C$8.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday.

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.