LY (OTCMKTS:YAHOY – Get Free Report) and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
LY has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares LY and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| LY | 7.99% | 5.35% | 2.00% |
| D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading | -4.08% | -49.90% | -7.17% |
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| LY | $12.59 billion | 2.00 | $1.01 billion | $0.27 | 26.93 |
| D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading | $1.74 billion | 0.48 | -$48.95 million | ($0.16) | -16.31 |
LY 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 LY, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations for LY and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| LY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.10%. Given D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is more favorable than LY.
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.
Summary
LY beats D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About LY
LY Corporation engages in the online advertising and e-commerce businesses in Japan. The company provides LINE, a communication app; and Yahoo! JAPAN, an internet service that offers search, news, weather, shopping, auction, and other services. It also offers reuse, membership, and payment-related services. The company was formerly known as Z Holdings Corporation and changed its name to LY Corporation in October 2023. LY Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chiyoda, Japan. LY Corporation operates as a subsidiary of A Holdings Corporation.
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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