Performance of the 'Big 4' on the stock market: Which team has gained the most since the beginning of the year?
While Trabzonspor Sportif shares rose by 1.4 percent last month on the stock market, Fenerbahçe Futbol AŞ shares fell by 25.9 percent, Beşiktaş Futbol Yatırımları AŞ by 21.8 percent, and Galatasaray Sportif shares by 10.5 percent. Looking at the stock performance of sports companies since the beginning of the year, Fenerbahçe shares saw the highest increase at 53.2 percent.
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Among the sports clubs traded on Borsa Istanbul, Trabzonspor Sportif Yatırım ve Futbol İşletmeciliği, whose shares rose by 1.4 percent, was the only sports company to provide gains to its investors last month.
The sports index on the stock market lost 16.9 percent of its value last month.
While a downward trend was prominent on Borsa Istanbul last month, losses in value were also observed in sports stocks.
ONLY TRABZONSPOR GAINED IN JULY
Among the sports clubs traded on Borsa Istanbul, Trabzonspor Sportif Yatırım ve Futbol İşletmeciliği, whose shares rose by 1.4 percent last month, was the only sports company to provide gains to its investors.
FENERBAHÇE SAW THE HIGHEST LOSS IN JULY
Galatasaray Sportif Sınai ve Ticari Yatırımlar lost 10.5 percent, Beşiktaş Futbol Yatırımları Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ lost 21.8 percent, and Fenerbahçe Futbol AŞ lost 25.9 percent.
FENERBAHÇE HAS GAINED THE MOST SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
Looking at the stock performance of sports companies since the beginning of the year, Fenerbahçe gained 53.2 percent, Trabzonspor 38.5 percent, and Galatasaray 25.4 percent, while Beşiktaş lost 37.3 percent.
Sports companies have shown a successful performance on the stock market since the beginning of the year, driven by announced balance sheets, transfers made, revenues generated from transfers, and sponsorship agreements.
Analysts stated that activity has been observed in sports stocks with the start of the transfer season.
Fenerbahçe, the club with the highest market value among the 4 publicly traded sports companies, finished July with a market value of 13 billion 867 million 98 thousand liras.
Fenerbahçe was followed by Galatasaray with 8 billion 532 million liras, Beşiktaş with 7 billion 224 million liras, and Trabzonspor with 5 billion 575 million liras.
The closing prices, changes, differences compared to the end of 2023, and market values of the 4 sports companies traded on the stock market for December 2023, June 2024, and July 2024 are as follows:
| Company | December 2023 closing price (TL) | June 2024 closing price (TL) | July 2024 closing price (TL) | July 2024 monthly change (percent) | Difference compared to end of 2023 (percent) | Market value |
| Trabzonspor | 1.61 | 2.2 | 2.23 | +1.4 | +38.5 | 5.575.000.000 |
| Galatasaray | 6.3 | 8.83 | 7.9 | -10.5 | +25.4 | 8.532.000.000 |
| Beşiktaş | 9.6 | 7.7 | 6.02 | -21.8 | -37.3 | 7.224.000.000 |
| Fenerbahçe | 91.45 | 189.1 | 140.1 | -25.9 | +53.2 | 13.867.098.000 |