Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) Short Interest Update

Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD - Get Free Report) saw a significant increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,930,000 shares, an increase of 52.9% from the January 15th total of 7,150,000 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the company's stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,920,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, The Goldman Sachs Group cut Vodafone Group Public from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy".

Institutional Trading of Vodafone Group Public

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VOD. NorthRock Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $126,000. Graham Capital Management L.P. acquired a new stake in Vodafone Group Public in the 4th quarter worth $638,000. Fullcircle Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 31.3% during the 4th quarter. Fullcircle Wealth LLC now owns 84,881 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $716,000 after purchasing an additional 20,226 shares during the period. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. raised its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 341.2% during the fourth quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. now owns 4,146,322 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock valued at $35,202,000 after buying an additional 3,206,506 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Collar Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Vodafone Group Public in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,286,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.84% of the company's stock.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Performance

VOD stock traded down $0.07 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $8.36. 9,558,719 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,979,208. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The business has a 50-day moving average of $8.47 and a two-hundred day moving average of $9.14. Vodafone Group Public has a 52 week low of $8.00 and a 52 week high of $10.39.

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.