Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM – Get Free Report) and Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK – Get Free Report) are both materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for Lifezone Metals and Endeavour Silver, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Lifezone Metals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Endeavour Silver | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2.70 |
Lifezone Metals presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 106.19%. Endeavour Silver has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 93.49%. Given Lifezone Metals’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than Endeavour Silver.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
20.1% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Endeavour Silver shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Lifezone Metals has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Endeavour Silver has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Lifezone Metals and Endeavour Silver”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Lifezone Metals | $1.06 million | 269.68 | -$13.63 million | ($4.67) | -0.73 |
| Endeavour Silver | $432.80 million | 5.13 | -$119.10 million | $0.21 | 35.69 |
Lifezone Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Endeavour Silver. Lifezone Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Endeavour Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Lifezone Metals and Endeavour Silver’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 |
| Endeavour Silver | 9.30% | 17.46% | 8.93% |
Summary
Endeavour Silver beats Lifezone Metals on 12 of the 15 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 Endeavour Silver
Endeavour Silver Corp., a silver mining company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, extraction, processing, refining, and reclamation of mineral properties in Chile and the United States. It explores for gold and silver deposits, and precious metals. The company was formerly known as Endeavour Gold Corp. and changed its name to Endeavour Silver Corp. in September 2004. Endeavour Silver Corp. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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