U.S. Gold (USAU) Competitors

U.S. Gold (NASDAQ:USAU) and Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend USAU or LZM?

U.S. Gold presently has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 71.13%. Lifezone Metals has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 91.37%. Given Lifezone Metals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than U.S. Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U.S. Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Lifezone Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer USAU or LZM?

In the previous week, U.S. Gold had 1 more articles in the media than Lifezone Metals. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for U.S. Gold and 0 mentions for Lifezone Metals. U.S. Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Lifezone Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that U.S. Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
U.S. Gold	Positive
Lifezone Metals	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer USAU or LZM?

U.S. Gold received 197 more outperform votes than Lifezone Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Lifezone Metals an outperform vote while only 70.34% of users gave U.S. Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
U.S. Gold	Outperform Votes 204 70.34%	Underperform Votes 86 29.66%
Lifezone Metals	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more risk & volatility, USAU or LZM?

U.S. Gold has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of USAU or LZM?

6.6% of U.S. Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of U.S. Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, USAU or LZM?

U.S. Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifezone Metals.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Gold	N/A	N/A	-$6.90M	-$1.00	-6.72
Lifezone Metals	$1.48M	N/A	-$363.88M	N/A	N/A

Is USAU or LZM more profitable?

U.S. Gold has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lifezone Metals' net margin of -24,521.17%. U.S. Gold's return on equity of -59.61% beat Lifezone Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U.S. Gold	N/A	-59.61%	-42.24%
Lifezone Metals	-24,521.17%	-294.91%	-237.25%

Summary

U.S. Gold beats Lifezone Metals on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.