Head-To-Head Comparison: Seven and I (OTCMKTS:SVNDY) vs. D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS)

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

40.5% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Seven and I shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.3% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by company 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.

Volatility & Risk

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seven and I has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and Seven and I”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	$2.15 billion	0.44	-$144.76 million	($0.51)	-5.20
Seven and I	$69.63 billion	0.42	$1.96 billion	$0.83	15.13

Seven and I 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 Seven and I, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and Seven and I, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	1	2	0	0	1.67
Seven and I	0	3	0	0	2.00

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading currently has a consensus target price of $3.07, indicating a potential upside of 15.85%. Given D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is more favorable than Seven and I.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	-7.78%	-776.28%	-21.12%
Seven and I	3.03%	7.87%	3.06%

Summary

Seven and I beats D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading on 7 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 Seven and I

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. operates convenience stores, superstores, department stores, supermarkets, and specialty stores. It operates through six segments: Domestic Convenience Store operations, Overseas Convenience Store Operations, Superstore Operations, Department and Specialty Store Operations, Financial Services, and Others. The company engages in the operation of convenience stores comprising directly managed corporate stores and franchised stores; retail business that provides daily life necessities, such as food and other daily necessities and dollar merchandise and services; banking, leasing, and credit card business; and real estate business. Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.