5N Plus (VNP) Competitors

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TSE:CHE.UN) and 5N Plus (TSE:VNP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CHE.UN or VNP?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	C$1.77B	0.63	C$139.02M	C$1.10	8.68
5N Plus	C$200.07M	2.08	C$11.26M	C$0.25	26.10

Which has more volatility and risk, CHE.UN or VNP?

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 5N Plus has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CHE.UN or VNP?

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund currently has a consensus price target of C$12.93, suggesting a potential upside of 35.38%. 5N Plus has a consensus price target of C$8.60, suggesting a potential upside of 29.52%. Given Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund is more favorable than 5N Plus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
5N Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHE.UN or VNP?

5N Plus received 46 more outperform votes than Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.60% of users gave Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund an outperform vote while only 7.97% of users gave 5N Plus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	Outperform Votes 357 66.60%	Underperform Votes 179 33.40%
5N Plus	Outperform Votes 403 7.97%	Underperform Votes 4653 92.03%

Is CHE.UN or VNP more profitable?

Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund has a net margin of 7.85% compared to 5N Plus' net margin of 5.63%. Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund's return on equity of 19.73% beat 5N Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	7.85%	19.73%	7.26%
5N Plus	5.63%	11.86%	3.16%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CHE.UN or VNP?

10.4% of Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of 5N Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of 5N Plus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CHE.UN or VNP?

In the previous week, 5N Plus had 7 more articles in the media than Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for 5N Plus and 1 mentions for Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund. 5N Plus' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund's score of -0.32 indicating that 5N Plus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund	Neutral
5N Plus	Positive

Summary

5N Plus beats Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.