Analyzing Lojas Renner (OTCMKTS:LRENY) & D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS)

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS) and Lojas Renner (OTCMKTS:LRENY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and Lojas Renner”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	$2.15 billion	0.44	-$144.76 million	($0.51)	-5.20
Lojas Renner	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Lojas Renner has lower revenue, but higher earnings than D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

40.5% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.3% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and Lojas Renner, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	1	2	0	0	1.67
Lojas Renner	0	0	0	0	0.00

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading currently has a consensus target price of $3.07, indicating a potential upside of 15.85%. Given D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is more favorable than Lojas Renner.

Profitability

This table compares D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and Lojas Renner’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	-7.78%	-776.28%	-21.12%
Lojas Renner	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading beats Lojas Renner on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading

D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. operates e-commerce platforms in Turkey. The company operates www.hepsiburada.com, a retail website that provides its retail customers a range of merchandise, including electronics and non-electronics products, such as books, sports, toys, kids and baby products, cosmetics, furniture, etc. It also offers Hepsiburada Market, an app-in-app initiative and on-demand delivery service that delivers groceries and water; HepsiJet that provides last-mile delivery services; HepsiLojistik, which offers storage and fulfillment services; HepsiMat, an offline network of pick-up and drop-off point; HepsiAd that provides advertising service; HepsiGlobal for discovering and purchasing products from international merchants online; Hepsipay, which offers an e-money and payment services; and Hepsiburada Seyahat for buying airline tickets online. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey.

About Lojas Renner

Lojas Renner S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a fashion and lifestyle company in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. The company operates in Retail and Financial Products segments. It engages in the trade of clothes and sports products, shoes, accessories, perfumery, domestic appliances, towels and linen, furniture, and decoration articles, as well as cosmetics. The company also engages in the granting of loans to individuals and legal entities, financing of purchases, insurance, and credit and debit transaction services to credit, financing, and investment companies, as well as provides personal loans. It offers its products through stores, as well as digital channels. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Porto Alegre, Brazil.