Head to Head Survey: Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF)

Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) and Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) are both materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Lifezone Metals and Cleveland-Cliffs, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifezone Metals	1	1	1	0	2.00
Cleveland-Cliffs	2	7	3	0	2.08

Lifezone Metals presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 80.18%. Cleveland-Cliffs has a consensus price target of $14.18, indicating a potential downside of 5.18%. Given Lifezone Metals’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than Cleveland-Cliffs.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lifezone Metals and Cleveland-Cliffs”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lifezone Metals	$1.06 million	308.60	-$13.63 million	($4.67)	-0.83
Cleveland-Cliffs	$20.07 billion	0.43	-$1.48 billion	($0.85)	-17.59

Lifezone Metals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cleveland-Cliffs. Cleveland-Cliffs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lifezone Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

67.7% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Cleveland-Cliffs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

Lifezone Metals has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cleveland-Cliffs has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Lifezone Metals and Cleveland-Cliffs’ 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
Cleveland-Cliffs	-2.36%	-6.83%	-2.05%

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 Cleveland-Cliffs

Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The company is vertically integrated from mining through iron making, steelmaking, rolling, finishing and downstream with hot and cold stamping of steel parts and components. The company was formerly known as Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and changed its name to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in August 2017. Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.