Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) versus Minco Capital (OTCMKTS:MGHCF) Critical Review

Minco Capital (OTCMKTS:MGHCF) and Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Risk & Volatility

Minco Capital has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Minco Capital and Lifezone Metals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minco Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lifezone Metals	0	0	3	0	3.00

Lifezone Metals has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 96.23%. Given Lifezone Metals’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than Minco Capital.

Profitability

This table compares Minco Capital and Lifezone Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minco Capital	N/A	-3.81%	-3.67%
Lifezone Metals	-24,521.17%	-294.91%	-237.25%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Minco Capital and Lifezone Metals”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Minco Capital	N/A	N/A	-$1.04 million	N/A	N/A
Lifezone Metals	$1.48 million	N/A	-$363.88 million	N/A	N/A

Minco Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifezone Metals.

Summary

Minco Capital beats Lifezone Metals on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Minco Capital

Minco Capital Corp., an investment company, focuses on investing in public and private companies and assets to generate income and achieve long-term capital appreciation. The company was formerly known as Minco Gold Corporation and changed its name to Minco Capital Corp. in February 2019. Minco Capital Corp. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Lifezone Metals

Lifezone Metals Limited engages in the extraction and refining of metals. It supplies lower-carbon and sulfur dioxide emission metals to the battery storage, EV, and hydrogen markets. The company’s products include nickel, copper, and cobalt. Its flagship project is the Kabanga nickel project in North-West Tanzania. The company is based in Ramsey, Isle of Man.