Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the five research firms that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, two have issued a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company.

A number of research analysts recently commented on VOD shares. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. StockNews.com raised shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, DZ Bank raised shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th.

Institutional Trading of Vodafone Group Public

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VOD. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 63.7% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 4,881 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 1,899 shares during the period. GeoWealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 258.0% in the 4th quarter. GeoWealth Management LLC now owns 5,180 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 3,733 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 509.7% in the 4th quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 6,829 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $58,000 after acquiring an additional 5,709 shares during the period. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust lifted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 912.9% in the 4th quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 7,212 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $61,000 after acquiring an additional 6,500 shares during the period. Finally, Pacific Center for Financial Services lifted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 33.0% in the 4th quarter. Pacific Center for Financial Services now owns 9,794 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $83,000 after acquiring an additional 2,428 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.84% of the company’s stock.

Vodafone Group Public Trading Down 2.3 %

NASDAQ VOD opened at $9.23 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $8.54 and its 200 day moving average price is $9.07. The company has a market capitalization of $23.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.75. Vodafone Group Public has a 12 month low of $8.00 and a 12 month high of $10.39.

Vodafone Group Public Company Profile

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company provides telecommunication services in Europe and internationally. It offers mobile connectivity services comprising end-to-end services for mobile voice and data, messaging, device management, BYOx, and telecoms management, as well as professional and consulting services; and fixed line connectivity, such as fixed voice and data, broadband, software-defined networks, managed WAN, LAN, ethernet, and satellite; and financial services, as well as business and merchant services.