Gamco Investors INC. ET AL Purchases 83,903 Shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Gamco Investors INC. ET AL grew its holdings in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD - Free Report) by 8.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,025,823 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock after acquiring an additional 83,903 shares during the period. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL's holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $8,709,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VOD. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC now owns 22,006,311 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $186,834,000 after buying an additional 97,636 shares during the last quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 18.1% during the fourth quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC now owns 14,598,375 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock valued at $123,940,000 after acquiring an additional 2,238,935 shares during the period. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 9,027,376 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $76,642,000 after buying an additional 255,623 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can increased its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 28.2% during the 4th quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 5,483,837 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock valued at $46,558,000 after purchasing an additional 1,206,256 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,429,784 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $46,099,000 after purchasing an additional 601,151 shares during the last quarter. 7.84% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on VOD. DZ Bank upgraded shares of Vodafone Group Public from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th. StockNews.com upgraded Vodafone Group Public from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Bank of America lowered Vodafone Group Public from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, March 24th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy".

Vodafone Group Public Stock Performance

VOD stock traded up $0.40 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $9.63. 6,422,056 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,080,491. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.58. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $8.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $8.90. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a one year low of $8.00 and a one year 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.

About Vodafone Group Public

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.