Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) Shares Cross Above 200 Day Moving Average of $70.46

Vodafone Group Public Limited (LON:VOD - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 70.46 ($0.93) and traded as high as GBX 75.01 ($0.99). Vodafone Group Public shares last traded at GBX 74.74 ($0.99), with a volume of 44,757,211 shares trading hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

VOD has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Citigroup reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a GBX 70 ($0.92) price target on shares of Vodafone Group Public in a research note on Friday, July 12th. Barclays boosted their target price on Vodafone Group Public from GBX 80 ($1.05) to GBX 85 ($1.12) and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 15th.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Performance

The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 71.96 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 70.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 95.92, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.78. The stock has a market cap of £19.80 billion, a PE ratio of 1,871.00, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 0.53.

Insider Transactions at Vodafone Group Public

In other news, insider Van Boxmeer acquired 62,867 shares of Vodafone Group Public stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 7th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 72 ($0.95) per share, for a total transaction of £45,264.24 ($59,691.73). In related news, insider Van Boxmeer purchased 62,867 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 7th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 72 ($0.95) per share, for a total transaction of £45,264.24 ($59,691.73). Also, insider Margherita D. Valle sold 620,878 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 69 ($0.91), for a total value of £428,405.82 ($564,955.58). Over the last 90 days, insiders have bought 899,996 shares of company stock worth $66,839,712. Corporate insiders own 5.82% of the company's stock.

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.