5N Plus (OTCMKTS:FPLSF – Get Free Report) and Innospec (NASDAQ:IOSP – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares 5N Plus and Innospec’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| 5N Plus | 14.14% | 26.36% | 11.28% |
| Innospec | 6.60% | 9.22% | 6.74% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for 5N Plus and Innospec, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| 5N Plus | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Innospec | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| 5N Plus | $391.06 million | 4.82 | $50.57 million | $0.70 | 29.94 |
| Innospec | $1.78 billion | 1.37 | $116.60 million | $4.90 | 20.15 |
Innospec has higher revenue and earnings than 5N Plus. Innospec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than 5N Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
5N Plus has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Innospec has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
0.1% of 5N Plus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Innospec shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of 5N Plus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Innospec shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
5N Plus beats Innospec on 10 of the 14 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 Innospec
Innospec Inc. develops, manufactures, blends, markets, and supplies specialty chemicals in the United States, rest of North America, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, and internationally. The company's Fuel Specialties segment offers a range of specialty chemical products that are used as additives in additives in diesel, jet, marine, fuel oil and other fuels. This segment's products are used in the operation of commercial trucking, marine and aviation engines, power station generators, heating oil, and other industrial machinery applications. Its Performance Chemicals segment provides technology-based solutions for its customers' processes or products that focuses on the personal care, home care, agrochemical, construction, mining, and other industrial markets. The company's Oilfield Services segment develops and markets chemical solutions for drilling, completion, fracturing, stimulation, and completion operations; and products for oil and gas production. It sells its products primarily to oil and gas exploration and production companies, oil refineries, fuel manufacturers and users, personal care and home care companies, formulators of agrochemical, and other chemical and industrial companies. The company was formerly known as Octel Corp. and changed its name to Innospec Inc. in January 2006. Innospec Inc. was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
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