Contrasting Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) & Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC)

Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) and Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares 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.

Volatility & Risk

Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Lifezone Metals and Lithium Americas (Argentina), as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifezone Metals	0	0	4	0	3.00
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	0	2	3	0	2.60

Lifezone Metals currently has a consensus price target of $14.17, indicating a potential upside of 110.81%. Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a consensus price target of $10.70, indicating a potential upside of 114.21%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than Lifezone Metals.

Profitability

This table compares Lifezone Metals and Lithium Americas (Argentina)’s 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
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	N/A	3.27%	2.66%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lifezone Metals and Lithium Americas (Argentina)’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lifezone Metals	$1.48 million	162.97	-$363.88 million	N/A	N/A
Lithium Americas (Argentina)	N/A	N/A	$1.29 billion	$8.01	0.62

Lithium Americas (Argentina) has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lifezone Metals.

Summary

Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats Lifezone Metals on 7 of the 10 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 Lithium Americas (Argentina)

Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. operates as a resource company. The company explores for lithium deposits. The company owns interests in the Cauchari-Olaroz project located in Jujuy province of Argentina. It also has a pipeline of development and exploration stage projects, including the Pastos Grandes project and the Sal de la Puna project located in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina. Lithium Americas (Argentina) Corp. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.