Analyzing Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) & HudBay Minerals (NYSE:HBM)

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

57.8% of HudBay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of HudBay Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Lifezone Metals and HudBay Minerals”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lifezone Metals	$140,000.00	2,912.76	-$46.31 million	N/A	N/A
HudBay Minerals	$2.02 billion	2.72	$76.70 million	$0.73	19.03

HudBay Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Lifezone Metals.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifezone Metals	0	0	1	0	3.00
HudBay Minerals	0	0	7	2	3.22

Lifezone Metals currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 168.71%. Given Lifezone Metals’ higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than HudBay Minerals.

Profitability

This table compares Lifezone Metals and HudBay Minerals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lifezone Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
HudBay Minerals	13.13%	10.73%	5.28%

Risk & Volatility

Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HudBay Minerals has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HudBay Minerals beats Lifezone Metals on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About HudBay Minerals

Hudbay Minerals Inc., a diversified mining company, focuses on the exploration, development, operation, and optimization of properties in North and South America. It produces copper concentrates containing gold, silver, and molybdenum; gold concentrates containing zinc; zinc concentrates; molybdenum concentrates; and silver/gold doré. The company's flagship project is the 100% owned Constancia mine located in the Province of Chumbivilcas in southern Peru. Hudbay Minerals Inc. was founded in 1927 and is based in Toronto, Canada.