Lifezone Metals (LZM) and The Competition Critical Review

Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) is one of 103 public companies in the “MINING – MISC” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Lifezone Metals to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Lifezone Metals and its peers’ 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
Lifezone Metals Competitors	-1,016.65%	-12.40%	-4.52%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.5% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifezone Metals’ peers have a beta of 0.62, meaning that their average share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lifezone Metals and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lifezone Metals	$140,000.00	-$46.31 million	-0.82
Lifezone Metals Competitors	$10.01 billion	$439.04 million	-16.46

Lifezone Metals’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Lifezone Metals. Lifezone Metals is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Lifezone Metals and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifezone Metals	1	0	1	0	2.00
Lifezone Metals Competitors	736	1828	3505	170	2.50

Lifezone Metals currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 266.97%. As a group, “MINING – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 13.78%. Given Lifezone Metals’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Lifezone Metals peers beat Lifezone Metals on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Lifezone Metals Company Profile

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.