Critical Analysis: Lifezone Metals (LZM) vs. Its Peers

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 profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

35.5% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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	-853.98%	-10.21%	-3.54%

Earnings and 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	-0.83
Lifezone Metals Competitors	$10.01 billion	$439.04 million	-16.02

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 ratings and price targets for Lifezone Metals and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifezone Metals	1	0	2	0	2.33
Lifezone Metals Competitors	750	1843	3521	170	2.50

Lifezone Metals currently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 171.95%. As a group, “MINING – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 18.57%. Given Lifezone Metals’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifezone Metals’ peers have a beta of 0.61, meaning that their average stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lifezone Metals beats its peers on 7 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.