Contrasting CUR Media (OTCMKTS:CURM) & D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS)

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

Institutional & 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of CUR Media shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	-6.95%	-338.17%	-18.14%
CUR Media	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and CUR Media”s 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	0.49	-$144.76 million	($0.46)	-6.39
CUR Media	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading and CUR Media, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

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

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading presently has a consensus target price of $3.07, indicating a potential upside of 4.42%. Given D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is more favorable than CUR Media.

Summary

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading beats CUR Media on 5 of the 8 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 CUR Media

CÃR Media, Inc., an Internet music service, focuses on providing a paid subscription Internet radio service offering listeners streaming music on the Web and mobile devices under the CÃR brand. It also intends to offer personalized advertising in the form of display ads, email, and text messages; and to sell music, concert tickets, and merchandise through its music streaming service, as well as music downloads. The company was formerly known as Duane Street Corp and changed its name to CÃR Media, Inc. in January 2014. CÃR Media, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Glastonbury, Connecticut.