Cerity Partners LLC Sells 52,892 Shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Cerity Partners LLC decreased its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD - Free Report) by 56.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 40,704 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock after selling 52,892 shares during the quarter. Cerity Partners LLC's holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $346,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VOD. Quadrant Capital Group LLC grew its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 11.2% during the fourth quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 14,409 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $123,000 after purchasing an additional 1,454 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,429,784 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $46,099,000 after buying an additional 601,151 shares in the last quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC grew its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 18.1% during the 4th quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC now owns 14,598,375 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $123,940,000 after buying an additional 2,238,935 shares during the period. Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vodafone Group Public during the 4th quarter valued at $402,000. Finally, Trexquant Investment LP boosted its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 70.2% during the fourth quarter. Trexquant Investment LP now owns 656,513 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $5,574,000 after acquiring an additional 270,854 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.84% of the company's stock.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of VOD stock traded up $0.04 on Friday, hitting $9.35. The stock had a trading volume of 12,677,291 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,211,763. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a 12-month low of $8.00 and a 12-month high of $10.39. 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 business has a 50 day moving average of $9.07 and a 200 day moving average of $8.90. The stock has a market cap of $22.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.58.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

VOD has been the topic of several research reports. StockNews.com lowered shares of Vodafone Group Public from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday. Bank of America lowered Vodafone Group Public from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, March 24th. DZ Bank upgraded Vodafone Group Public from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, March 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an "underweight" rating on shares of Vodafone Group Public in a report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Vodafone Group Public currently has a consensus rating of "Hold".

Vodafone Group Public 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.