Reviewing Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ)

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

Risk and Volatility

Cameco has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Cameco and Lifezone Metals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cameco	0	2	13	1	2.94
Lifezone Metals	1	0	1	0	2.00

Cameco currently has a consensus price target of $117.25, indicating a potential upside of 28.15%. Lifezone Metals has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.55%. Given Lifezone Metals’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than Cameco.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cameco	15.24%	8.58%	5.86%
Lifezone Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cameco and Lifezone Metals”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cameco	$2.29 billion	17.40	$125.42 million	$0.86	106.38
Lifezone Metals	$140,000.00	2,392.83	-$46.31 million	($4.67)	-0.92

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

Summary

Cameco beats Lifezone Metals on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cameco

Cameco Corporation provides uranium for the generation of electricity. It operates through Uranium, Fuel Services, Westinghouse segments. The Uranium segment is involved in the exploration for, mining, and milling, purchase, and sale of uranium concentrate. The Fuel Services segment engages in the refining, conversion, and fabrication of uranium concentrate, as well as the purchase and sale of conversion services. This segment also produces CANDU reactor fuel bundles and other reactor components. The company offers nuclear fuel processing services. The Westinghouse segment engages in the manufacture of nuclear reactor technology original equipment. This segment provides products and services to commercial utilities and government agencies; and outage and maintenance services, engineering support, instrumentation and controls equipment, plant modification, and components and parts to nuclear reactors. It sells its uranium and fuel services to nuclear utilities in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Cameco Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, 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.