Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) & D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS) Critical Contrast

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and Maplebear, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	1	2	0	0	1.67
Maplebear	2	9	13	1	2.52

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading presently has a consensus target price of $3.07, indicating a potential upside of 9.25%. Maplebear has a consensus target price of $51.09, indicating a potential upside of 27.92%. Given Maplebear’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Maplebear is more favorable than D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and Maplebear”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	$2.15 billion	0.47	-$144.76 million	($0.46)	-6.11
Maplebear	$3.74 billion	2.51	$447.00 million	$1.79	22.31

Maplebear has higher revenue and earnings than D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading. D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	-6.95%	-338.17%	-18.14%
Maplebear	12.50%	18.67%	13.45%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

40.5% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.3% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Maplebear shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Maplebear beats D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading on 13 of the 15 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 Maplebear

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.