LZM vs IE Stock Comparison

Lifezone Metals and Ivanhoe Electric Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LZM Lifezone Metals Ltd
$3.37 -15.7% 1M -37.8% 1Y
Market cap
$266.74M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
1 win
IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
$7.68 -27.3% 1M -51.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.29B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.02M
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

3 decided of 12

Ivanhoe Electric leads on 2 of the 12 questions below (Ivanhoe Electric 2, Lifezone Metals 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLZMIELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $266.74M $1.29B IE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — -37.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -20.6% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -1,138.7% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -13.0x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -37.8% -51.6% LZM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 79.5% 76.5% IE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 45/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

LZMIE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLZMIE
Valuation – 26 #121 of 162
Growth – 63 #55 of 147
Profitability – 36 #78 of 122
Financial Health 17 #138 of 165 86 #24 of 165
Shareholder Returns – 14 #92 of 107
Overall – 45
  • LZM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • IE ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLZMIESPY
1 month -15.7%-27.3% -0.8%
3 months +1.5%-17.2% +3.5%
6 months -31.8%-44.6% +7.0%
Year to date -21.1%-51.9% +12.2%
1 year -37.8%-51.6% +13.0%
3 years -66.3%-27.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year -30.4%-10.2% +23.1%

Risk

MeasureLZMIESPY
Volatility, 1Y 79.5%76.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 79.2%81.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.693.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.48-0.68 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.1%-71.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.5%-61.4% -1.8%
52-week high $5.96$19.92 $779.14
52-week low $3.01$7.68 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLZMIE
P/E now vs peer median —median 12.8x -35.3xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 3.1x 405.5xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.0x 59.1xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.2x -14.7xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.1x 2.3xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.29 -0.72median 0.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLZMIE
Revenue – $3.02M
Gross profit – $1.78M
Operating income – $14.34M
Net income – -$5.89M
Free cash flow – -$83.11M
R&D – $78.04M
EPS (diluted) – $-0.22
Cash & equivalents $37.30M $256.88M
Total debt – $214.09M
Shares (diluted) 118.96M 158.35M
Enterprise value $167.50M $504.30M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLZMIE
P/E – -35.3x
P/FCF – -14.7x
P/Operating cash flow – -11.6x
P/S – 405.5x
P/B 3.1x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 3.1x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA – 59.1x
EV/EBIT – 70.0x
EV/Revenue – 332.1x
EV/FCF – -12.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – -9.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLZMIE
Revenue growth (1Y) – -20.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -28.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 56.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 111.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 27.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – 93.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 67.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – 64.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 49.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 6.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 8.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 28.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 17.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLZMIE
Gross margin – 58.7%
EBITDA margin – 562.4%
Operating margin – 474.5%
Pretax margin – 207.3%
Net margin – -1,139%
FCF margin – -2,749%
Operating cash flow margin – -3,507%
Return on equity – -1.1%
Return on assets – -1.0%
Return on invested capital – 0.0%
Return on capital employed – 2.7%
Asset turnover – 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 18.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 365.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLZMIE
Debt / assets – 6.0%
Debt / equity – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – -13.0x
Debt / FCF – -0.4x
Liabilities / assets 54.7% 9.3%
Equity / assets 45.3% 90.7%
Interest coverage – –
Current ratio 0.7x 5.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 5.2x
Cash ratio 0.6x 4.8x
Altman Z-score – 12.61

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLZMIE
Dividend yield – –
Net buyback yield – -21.1%
Shareholder yield – -21.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLZMIE
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.31FY2026 $-0.06FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.57MFY2026 $3.16MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +45.8%FY2026 -2.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -11.3% -6.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLZMIE
Held by institutions 29.5% 74.0%
Institutions holding 90 203
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.5% +2.3%
Institutions buying 63 126
Institutions selling 17 56
Buyers to sellers 3.71 2.25

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LZMIE
LZM 1.00 0.52
IE 0.52 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LZM and IE?

Ivanhoe Electric (IE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lifezone Metals (LZM) $266.74M, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) $1.29B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lifezone Metals (LZM) returned the most: Lifezone Metals (LZM) -37.8%, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -51.6%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) has been the steadiest (Lifezone Metals (LZM) 79.5%, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) 76.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do LZM and IE move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.52, a moderate positive relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, LZM and IE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) leads on 2. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.