Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TKC or BCE?

41.5% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TKC or BCE?

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BCE. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BCE, 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	1.00	$717.47M	$1.47	3.94
BCE	$17.82B	1.28	$251.05M	$0.26	94.29

Which has more volatility and risk, TKC or BCE?

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TKC or BCE more profitable?

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS has a net margin of 13.52% compared to BCE's net margin of 1.82%. BCE's return on equity of 19.22% beat Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS	13.52%	6.56%	3.42%
BCE	1.82%	19.22%	3.87%

Do analysts recommend TKC or BCE?

BCE has a consensus price target of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 57.73%. Given BCE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BCE 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
BCE	4 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Does the media prefer TKC or BCE?

In the previous week, BCE had 5 more articles in the media than Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BCE and 1 mentions for Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS's score of 0.00 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BCE	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TKC or BCE a better dividend stock?

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS pays out 10.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BCE pays out 488.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

BCE beats Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.