Lifezone Metals (LZM) and The Competition Critical Survey

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

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’ peers have a beta of 0.61, suggesting that their average share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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	-0.81
Lifezone Metals Competitors	$10.01 billion	$439.04 million	-16.67

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.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

35.5% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.4% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Lifezone Metals and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifezone Metals	1	0	2	0	2.33
Lifezone Metals Competitors	754	1844	3524	170	2.49

Lifezone Metals currently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 176.97%. As a group, “MINING – MISC” companies have a potential upside of 16.66%. Given Lifezone Metals’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than its peers.

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%	-10.22%	-3.55%

Summary

Lifezone Metals beats its peers 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.