Financial Review: Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) vs. Quaterra Resources (OTCMKTS:QTRRF)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Quaterra Resources and Lifezone Metals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quaterra Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lifezone Metals	0	0	3	0	3.00

Lifezone Metals has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.02%. Given Lifezone Metals’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than Quaterra Resources.

Volatility & Risk

Quaterra Resources has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Quaterra Resources and Lifezone Metals”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quaterra Resources	N/A	N/A	-$980,000.00	N/A	N/A
Lifezone Metals	$1.48 million	N/A	-$363.88 million	N/A	N/A

Quaterra Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifezone Metals.

Profitability

This table compares Quaterra Resources and Lifezone Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quaterra Resources	N/A	-6.27%	-6.15%
Lifezone Metals	-24,521.17%	-294.91%	-237.25%

Summary

Quaterra Resources beats Lifezone Metals on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Quaterra Resources

Quaterra Resources, Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. It holds interest in the Groundhog and Quaterra’s Yerington Copper projects. The company was founded on May 11, 1993 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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.