Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (TKC) Competitors

TELUS (NYSE:TU) and Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (NYSE:TKC) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TU or TKC?

TELUS has higher revenue and earnings than Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S..

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TELUS	$14.90B	1.52	$623.01M	$0.47	32.28
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.	$4.65B	1.28	$543.59M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TU or TKC?

49.4% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TELUS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TU or TKC?

TELUS received 120 more outperform votes than Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 59.92% of users gave Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TELUS	Outperform Votes 428 60.03%	Underperform Votes 285 39.97%
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.	Outperform Votes 308 59.92%	Underperform Votes 206 40.08%

Which has more volatility and risk, TU or TKC?

TELUS has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TU or TKC a better dividend stock?

TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. pays an annual dividend of $0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. TELUS pays out 244.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor TU or TKC?

In the previous week, TELUS had 25 more articles in the media than Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for TELUS and 5 mentions for Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.'s score of 0.12 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TELUS	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate TU or TKC?

TELUS currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.39%. Given TELUS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is TU or TKC more profitable?

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. has a net margin of 12.82% compared to TELUS's net margin of 4.56%. TELUS's return on equity of 8.80% beat Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TELUS	4.56%	8.80%	2.64%
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.	12.82%	4.05%	2.07%

Summary

TELUS beats Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.