Analyzing Santa Fe Gold (OTCMKTS:SFEG) and Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM)

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Lifezone Metals has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 198.12%. Given Lifezone Metals’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than Santa Fe Gold.

Profitability

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

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Santa Fe Gold	N/A	N/A	-$2.33 million	N/A	N/A
Lifezone Metals	$1.02 million	321.52	-$363.88 million	N/A	N/A

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

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.

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.