Comparing Lifezone Metals (LZM) & The Competition

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

Risk and Volatility

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

Profitability

This table compares Lifezone Metals and its competitors’ 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 & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lifezone Metals	$416,323.00	-$46.31 million	-0.83
Lifezone Metals Competitors	$10.01 billion	$439.04 million	-16.00

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Lifezone Metals and its competitors, 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 presently 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 possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

35.5% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Lifezone Metals beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

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.