HEPS vs NTES vs LVLU Stock Comparison

D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading, NetEase and Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NTES NetEase, Inc.
$118.32 +2.5% 1M -19.4% 1Y
Market cap
$72.71B
P/E
16.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.70B
Div. yield
–
Video Games Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

NetEase leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (NetEase 7, Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHEPSNTESLVLULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.04B $72.71B $31.91M NTES
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -7.8x 16.3x -3.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 12.4x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +9.8% -10.4% NTES
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 26.6% -3.2% NTES
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 22.7% -62.5% NTES
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -1.4x -3.4x LVLU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +7.8% -19.4% +112.2% LVLU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -9.7%/yr +3.4%/yr — NTES
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.6% 33.1% 125.1% NTES
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 64/100 35/100 NTES

Percentile Scorecard

HEPSNTESLVLU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHEPSNTESLVLU
Valuation 22 #81 of 104 57 #72 of 167 41 #62 of 104
Growth – 45 #84 of 153 69 #31 of 99
Profitability – 95 #8 of 153 24 #76 of 99
Financial Health 38 #70 of 113 85 #27 of 179 12 #100 of 113
Shareholder Returns – 34 #62 of 94 28 #53 of 73
Overall – 64 35
  • HEPS ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • NTES ranked among 185 companies in Internet Platforms
  • LVLU ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHEPSNTESLVLUSPY
1 month +10.8%+2.5%-7.9% -0.8%
3 months -2.1%-4.4%-42.2% +3.5%
6 months 0.0%+6.3%+0.8% +7.0%
Year to date +12.1%-14.0%+103.6% +12.2%
1 year +7.8%-19.4%+112.2% +13.0%
3 years +133.6%+10.8%-65.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +32.7%+3.5%-30.2% +23.1%
5 years -39.8%+17.9%— +68.6%
5 years, per year -9.7%+3.4%— +11.0%
10 years —+122.6%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+8.3%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHEPSNTESLVLUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.6%33.1%125.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.6%32.6%95.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.560.500.43 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.14-0.580.90 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.2%-52.0%-98.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.5%-19.8%-59.4% -1.8%
52-week high $3.29$147.56$26.16 $779.14
52-week low $2.18$109.26$4.37 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHEPSNTESLVLU
P/E now vs peer median -7.8xmedian 16.7x 16.9xmedian 17.5x -3.7xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 4.5xmedian 1.4x 0.1xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 9.0x 10.7xmedian 14.5x -21.9xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 16.5x 10.1xmedian 12.1x 18.9xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 21.2xmedian 1.7x 3.1xmedian 1.7x -21.3xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.72 2.36median 0.41 -0.19median 0.72

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHEPSNTESLVLU
Revenue – $16.70B $261.95M
Gross profit – $11.22B $118.18M
Operating income – $5.90B -$6.68M
Net income – $4.75B -$8.29M
Free cash flow – $7.46B $1.69M
R&D – $2.59B –
EPS (diluted) – $6.91 $-2.90
Cash & equivalents $263.27M $3.36B $4.12M
Total debt $69.14M $5.39B $56.20M
Shares (diluted) – 643.63M 2.86M
Enterprise value $114.42M $30.95B $15.75M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHEPSNTESLVLU
P/E -7.8x 16.9x -3.7x
P/FCF 4.8x 10.1x 18.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 10.3x 16.9x
P/S 0.5x 4.5x 0.1x
P/B 21.2x 3.1x -21.3x
P/Tangible book 21.2x 3.1x -1.6x
EV/EBITDA – 10.7x -21.9x
EV/EBIT – 11.3x -5.7x
EV/Revenue – 4.0x 0.1x
EV/FCF – 8.9x 22.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 9.1x 20.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.36 -0.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHEPSNTESLVLU
Revenue growth (1Y) – 9.8% -10.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.5% -17.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 16.9% -0.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 11.5% -14.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 23.6% 87.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 22.2% 35.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – -2.8% 83.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 9.2% 16.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – -4.7% 83.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 7.2% 18.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 13.9% 277.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 19.3% 31.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 12.3% 196.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 17.2% 29.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHEPSNTESLVLU
Gross margin – 67.2% 45.1%
EBITDA margin – 37.2% -0.7%
Operating margin – 35.3% -2.5%
Pretax margin – 34.9% -3.0%
Net margin – 26.6% -3.2%
FCF margin – 44.7% 0.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 44.0% 0.7%
Return on equity – 19.6% –
Return on assets – 14.0% -8.9%
Return on invested capital – 22.7% -62.5%
Return on capital employed – 23.0% -45.9%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 2.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.5x -0.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.7% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHEPSNTESLVLU
Debt / assets 1.6% 5.4% 11.6%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.1x -6.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – -1.4x -3.4x
Debt / FCF – 0.2x 6.0x
Liabilities / assets 94.6% 28.0% 101.7%
Equity / assets 5.4% 72.0% -1.7%
Interest coverage – – -3.9x
Current ratio 0.9x 3.5x 0.5x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.4x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.3x 1.3x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 7.44 -1.84

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHEPSNTESLVLU
Dividend yield – 2.5% –
Net buyback yield – 0.0% 0.4%
Shareholder yield – 2.5% 0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHEPSNTESLVLU
Forward P/E – 12.4xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.55FY2026 $9.56FY2026 $-3.86FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +15.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +7.2% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.16BFY2026 $17.11BFY2026 $279.74MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.5%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +41.5% +7.4% -3.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHEPSNTESLVLU
Held by institutions 6.9% 9.2% 33.0%
Institutions holding 33 458 18
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3% +1.9% -2.2%
Institutions buying 15 261 3
Institutions selling 13 121 4
Buyers to sellers 1.15 2.16 0.75

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HEPSNTESLVLU
HEPS 1.00 0.07 0.08
NTES 0.07 1.00 0.08
LVLU 0.08 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HEPS, NTES and LVLU?

NetEase (NTES) is the largest by market capitalisation: D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (HEPS) $1.04B, NetEase (NTES) $72.71B, Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings (LVLU) $31.91M.

Which company is growing faster?

NetEase (NTES) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: NetEase (NTES) +9.8%, Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings (LVLU) -10.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

NetEase (NTES) has the highest net margin (NetEase (NTES) 26.6%, Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings (LVLU) -3.2%). On return on invested capital, NetEase (NTES) leads (NetEase (NTES) 22.7%, Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings (LVLU) -62.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings (LVLU) returned the most: D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (HEPS) +7.8%, NetEase (NTES) -19.4%, Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings (LVLU) +112.2%. Over five years, NetEase (NTES) compounded fastest (D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (HEPS) -9.7%/yr, NetEase (NTES) +3.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NetEase (NTES) has been the steadiest (D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (HEPS) 55.6%, NetEase (NTES) 33.1%, Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings (LVLU) 125.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HEPS, NTES and LVLU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, NetEase (NTES) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.