Critical Comparison: Santa Fe Gold (OTCMKTS:SFEG) & Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM)

Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) and Santa Fe Gold (OTCMKTS:SFEG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Lifezone Metals and Santa Fe Gold, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifezone Metals	0	0	2	0	3.00
Santa Fe Gold	0	0	0	0	0.00

Lifezone Metals presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 178.64%. Given Lifezone Metals’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than Santa Fe Gold.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Lifezone Metals and Santa Fe Gold”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lifezone Metals	$1.02 million	343.99	-$363.88 million	N/A	N/A
Santa Fe Gold	N/A	N/A	-$2.33 million	N/A	N/A

Santa Fe Gold has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lifezone Metals.

Profitability

This table compares Lifezone Metals and Santa Fe Gold’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lifezone Metals	-24,521.17%	-294.91%	-237.25%
Santa Fe Gold	N/A	N/A	N/A

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 Santa Fe Gold

Santa Fe Gold Corporation, a mining company, acquires, explores, develops, and produces mineral properties in the United States. The company primarily explores for precious metals, gold, and silver deposits. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.