Contrasting D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS) & NextMart (OTCMKTS:NXMR)

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

40.5% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are held by institutional investors. 56.4% of NextMart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.3% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NextMart	N/A	N/A	N/A
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	-5.42%	-113.69%	-10.63%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NextMart	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	$62.56 billion	0.02	-$48.95 million	($0.25)	-11.16

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for NextMart and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading, as provided by MarketBeat.

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

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading has a consensus target price of $3.07, suggesting a potential upside of 10.04%. Given D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is more favorable than NextMart.

Volatility and Risk

NextMart has a beta of -0.73, suggesting that its share price is 173% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading has a beta of 2.3, suggesting that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading beats NextMart on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NextMart

NextMart, Inc. does not have significant operations. Previously, it was involved in the art event and art media direct marketing; art-themed products design and marketing; and art themed real estate development businesses. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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.