PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS – Get Free Report) and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS – Get Free Report) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Profitability
This table compares PetMed Express and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| PetMed Express | -35.51% | -70.81% | -33.67% |
| D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading | -8.46% | -225.04% | -16.61% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for PetMed Express and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| PetMed Express | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
73.3% of PetMed Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of PetMed Express shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.3% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares PetMed Express and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| PetMed Express | $226.97 million | 0.22 | -$6.27 million | ($3.12) | -0.74 |
| D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading | $2.15 billion | 0.47 | -$144.76 million | ($0.43) | -6.51 |
PetMed Express has higher earnings, but lower revenue than D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading. D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PetMed Express, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
PetMed Express has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading has a beta of 2.12, meaning that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading beats PetMed Express on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About PetMed Express
PetMed Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a pet pharmacy in the United States. The company markets prescription and non-prescription pet medications, health products, and other supplies for dogs, cats, and horses. It offers non-prescription medications and supplies, such as flea and tick control products, bone and joint care products, vitamins, treats, nutritional supplements, hygiene products, and household pet supplies; and prescription medications, including heartworm preventatives, flea and tick preventatives, arthritis, dermatitis, thyroid, diabetes, pain medications, heart/blood pressure, and other specialty medications, as well as generic substitutes. The company also sells food, beds, crates, stairs, and other pet supplies. It sells its products through its Internet website; mobile app; customer support center; and direct mail/print, which includes brochures and postcards. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida.
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.
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