D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS) and Prosus (OTCMKTS:PROSY) Critical Survey

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and Prosus”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	0.45	-$144.76 million	($0.43)	-6.23
Prosus	$6.17 billion	4.00	$12.37 billion	N/A	N/A

Prosus has higher revenue and earnings than D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and Prosus, 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
Prosus	1	0	3	0	2.50

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading currently has a consensus price target of $3.07, suggesting a potential upside of 14.55%. Given D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is more favorable than Prosus.

Volatility and Risk

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prosus has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

40.5% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Prosus shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.3% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Prosus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	-8.46%	-225.04%	-16.61%
Prosus	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Prosus beats D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading on 8 of the 12 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 Prosus

Prosus N.V. engages in the e-commerce and internet businesses in Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and internationally. It operates internet platforms, such as classifieds, payments and fintech, food delivery, education technology, etail, ventures, social, and other internet platforms. The company was formerly known as Myriad International Holdings N.V. and changed its name to Prosus N.V. in August 2019. Prosus N.V. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Prosus N.V. operates as a subsidiary of Naspers Limited.