WinstonWınston
Back
Lifezone Metals Limited logo

Lifezone Metals Limited

LZM
23
Other Precious Metals · Basic Materials
Price
$4.36
+0.30 (+7.39%)
Market Cap
$392.0M
Winston Score
23
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Share count rising — dilution

+122.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 35.8M (2021) → 79.9M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Lifezone Metals is a mining and metals processing company focused on producing nickel, copper, and cobalt — materials used in electric vehicle batteries and other clean energy technologies. The company is developing the Kabanga Nickel Project in Tanzania, which holds one of the largest known deposits of high-grade nickel in the world. Its target customers are battery manufacturers and industrial metals buyers.

Lifezone's main differentiator is its proprietary hydromet technology, called HydroMet, which is designed to process metals using less energy and with fewer emissions than traditional smelting. The company is pre-revenue and currently spending heavily on development, which explains its deeply negative margins. It operates primarily in Tanzania with corporate ties to the United States and United Kingdom. The key risk is that Lifezone must successfully permit, finance, and build a large mining and processing operation before generating any meaningful revenue — a long and capital-intensive path with significant execution uncertainty.

Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+412.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+4.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$127,135/ year

Declining (-19% vs prior year)

12.0% of revenue

4.0x the sector average (3%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

62.9%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~10 months

$37M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Lifezone Metals Limited grew revenue 412% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Score breakdown

Every number that matters to educated investors.

Each metric is explained in plain language so you know exactly what you're looking at. Start your free trial now.

Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
-15.8%
Thin — -15.8% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
-578.6%
Losing money on operations — -578.6%
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-11.4%
Weak — -11.4% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+476.3%
Fast-growing sales (+476.3% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-900.0%
Burning cash (-900.0%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.89
Moderate — manageable debt (0.89)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

Full breakdown available with your free trial

See every metric, trend, and what it means for this stock.

Try free

Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
🔒 See full fundamentals and if they are improving or declining — click here for your free trial now.
Start free trial