Lifezone Metals (LZM) vs. Its Peers Critical Analysis

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

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%	-12.35%	-4.50%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lifezone Metals	$140,000.00	-$46.31 million	-0.82
Lifezone Metals Competitors	$10.20 billion	$448.48 million	-18.07

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.

Risk and Volatility

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

35.5% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are held 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lifezone Metals and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifezone Metals	1	0	1	0	2.00
Lifezone Metals Competitors	738	1829	3508	170	2.50

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

Summary

Lifezone Metals peers beat Lifezone Metals 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.