Analyzing D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (NASDAQ:HEPS) & Live Current Media (OTCMKTS:LIVC)

Live Current Media (OTCMKTS:LIVC) 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 institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

40.5% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.3% of Live Current Media shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.3% of D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Live Current Media	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.12)	N/A
D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading	$2.15 billion	0.43	-$144.76 million	($0.51)	-5.11

Live Current Media has higher earnings, but lower revenue than D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading. D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Live Current Media, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Live Current Media and D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Live Current Media	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 target price of $3.07, indicating a potential upside of 17.85%. Given D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading is more favorable than Live Current Media.

Summary

Live Current Media beats D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Live Current Media

Live Current Media, Inc. acquires and integrates technologies that automate processes in content and community creation. It brings businesses and technologies together to provide an end-to-end resource for the creators who do not have a meaningful piece of the creator economy. The company's platform features a set of creative tools and community building technologies that power video community creation, AR/VR discovery, social media amplification, personal and business brand management and sponsorship, and alternative revenue creation for the global creative community. It also provides community and experiential solutions for businesses to become more creative in the way they reach their customers and constituents. Its Exosystem helps creators to manage the independent creativity. Live Current Media, Inc. is based in San Diego, California.

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.