Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Acquires 59,478 Shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD - Free Report) by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,785,945 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock after purchasing an additional 59,478 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned about 0.07% of Vodafone Group Public worth $15,841,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vicus Capital grew its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 10.0% in the second quarter. Vicus Capital now owns 12,629 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock valued at $112,000 after purchasing an additional 1,144 shares during the last quarter. Cohen Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in Vodafone Group Public by 4.4% during the second quarter. Cohen Investment Advisors LLC now owns 27,092 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $257,000 after buying an additional 1,148 shares in the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. grew its position in Vodafone Group Public by 14.4% during the first quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 10,723 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $95,000 after buying an additional 1,352 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Center for Financial Services grew its position in Vodafone Group Public by 17.4% during the first quarter. Pacific Center for Financial Services now owns 9,199 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $82,000 after buying an additional 1,361 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in Vodafone Group Public by 8.5% during the second quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 17,597 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $156,000 after buying an additional 1,384 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.84% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on VOD. UBS Group downgraded Vodafone Group Public from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, August 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on Vodafone Group Public in a research note on Thursday, June 20th. They set a "buy" rating for the company. StockNews.com upgraded Vodafone Group Public from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 30th. Finally, New Street Research upgraded Vodafone Group Public to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $14.45.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Down 0.3 %

Vodafone Group Public stock traded down $0.03 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $9.66. The stock had a trading volume of 3,593,920 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,483,129. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a 12 month low of $8.02 and a 12 month high of $10.39. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $9.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 1.31.

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.