Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) Competitors

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (NYSE:TKC) and Telefonica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) are both communication companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts rate TKC or VIV?

Telefonica Brasil has a consensus price target of $11.93, indicating a potential downside of 3.69%. Given Telefonica Brasil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Telefonica Brasil is more favorable than Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Telefonica Brasil	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is TKC or VIV more profitable?

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS has a net margin of 13.15% compared to Telefonica Brasil's net margin of 10.13%. Telefonica Brasil's return on equity of 8.32% beat Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS	13.15%	7.03%	3.70%
Telefonica Brasil	10.13%	8.32%	4.56%

Is TKC or VIV a better dividend stock?

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Telefonica Brasil pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS pays out 10.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Telefonica Brasil pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has better valuation & earnings, TKC or VIV?

Telefonica Brasil has higher revenue and earnings than Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telefonica Brasil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS	$5.08B	1.01	$717.47M	$1.47	3.97
Telefonica Brasil	$10.36B	1.95	$1.03B	$0.62	19.98

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TKC or VIV?

5.2% of Telefonica Brasil shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TKC or VIV?

In the previous week, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS had 1 more articles in the media than Telefonica Brasil. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS and 11 mentions for Telefonica Brasil. Telefonica Brasil's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS's score of 0.34 indicating that Telefonica Brasil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Telefonica Brasil	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, TKC or VIV?

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telefonica Brasil has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Telefonica Brasil beats Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.