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

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Lojas Renner 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
Lojas Renner	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	$2.15 billion	0.44	-$144.76 million	($0.51)	-5.20

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

Institutional and Insider 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Lojas Renner and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lojas Renner	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 price target of $3.07, suggesting a potential upside of 15.85%. Given D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is more favorable than Lojas Renner.

Summary

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

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.

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.