Comparison of the Financial Performance of the Companies Traded in the BİST Automotive Sector With Entropy Weighted TOPSIS Method

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The aim of thisresearch is to analyze the financial performance of the companies operating inthe automotive sector whose stocks are traded in Borsa Istanbul (BIST) by usingmulti-criteria decision making methods and ranking them according to theirfinancial performance. Eight companies in the automotive sector in BorsaIstanbul were analyzed, and the data provided by KAP (Public DisclosurePlatform) were used for the analyzed company data. For this study, first ofall, in order to compare the financial performance of publicly traded companiesoperating in the automotive sector, the criteria that will be the basis for theevaluation were determined. Then, the importance weights of the criteria weredetermined by Entropy method. Finally, TOPSIS method was used to evaluate thedata together with the criteria and importance weights and financial performanceranking was made.<o:p></o:p></span>