Vodafone Group Public (VOD) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company also provides consumer Internet of Things (IoT) propositions, as well as security and insurance products; mobile services; logistics, fleet management, and smart metering services; WiFi; digital services comprising mobile application development, multi-access edge computing, worker insights, AI assistant, drone detection, visual inspection, and mixed reality, as well as Vodafone Analytics platform; and traditional IT hosting services, including colocation, managed hosting, security, hosting infrastructure, and flexible computing for government. In addition, it offers integrated business communication services, as well as fixed mobile convergence services; and carrier services, as well as IoT devices comprising managed tablets and integrated terminals. Further, it offers M-Pesa, an African mobile money platform to make payments and provide financial services; Vodafone Business multi-cloud platform; and productivity solutions, as well as operates digital cloud-based television platforms. It serves private and public sector customers in the manufacturing, retail, automotive, banking finance, healthcare, smart cities and public, agriculture, transport and logistics, and energy and utilities management industries. It offers its products and services through digital and physical channels. Vodafone Group Public Limited Company has a strategic partnership with Open Fiber. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Newbury, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 74.96 to 75.48
• 50-Day Range: 69.40 to 78.42
• 52-Week Range: 62.71 to 79.50
• Volume: 28.92 million shs
• Average Volume: 79.15 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £19.65 billion
• P/E Ratio: 1,878.00
• Dividend Yield: 10.65%
• Price Target: GBX 102.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Vodafone Group Public Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Vodafone Group Public scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Vodafone Group Public has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Vodafone Group Public has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Vodafone Group Public is 1,879.68, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.58.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Vodafone Group Public is 1,879.68, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 348.50.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Vodafone Group Public has a PEG Ratio of 0.59. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Vodafone Group Public has a P/B Ratio of 0.34. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for VOD.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Vodafone Group Public is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 10.10%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Vodafone Group Public does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Vodafone Group Public is 20,000.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.86

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for VOD.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.44

News Sentiment

Vodafone Group Public has a news sentiment score of 0.44. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Vodafone Group Public this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

27 people have searched for VOD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 5 people have added Vodafone Group Public to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Vodafone Group Public insiders have sold 846.46% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £45,264.24 in company stock and sold £428,405.82 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 5.89% of the stock of Vodafone Group Public is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

56.32% of the stock of Vodafone Group Public is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

VOD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have VOD shares performed this year?

Vodafone Group Public's stock was trading at GBX 68.56 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VOD stock has increased by 9.7% and is now trading at GBX 75.19.
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How do I buy shares of Vodafone Group Public?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Vodafone Group Public own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Vodafone Group Public investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), GSK (GSK), Barclays (BARC), BP (BP), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 8/2 Dividend: 6/06/2024
• Dividend Payable: 8/02/2024
• Today: 10/01/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Telecom Services
• Sub-Industry: Communication
• Current Symbol: LON:VOD
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.vodafone.com
• Phone: +44-1635-33251
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 104,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 102.25
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 165
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 70
• Potential Upside/Downside: +36.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.04
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1,879.68
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.86
• P/E Growth: 0.59
• Net Income: £1.20 billion
• Net Margins: 3.11%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 2.50%
• Return on Assets: 1.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 95.92
• Current Ratio: 1.31
• Quick Ratio: 0.78

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £36.72 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.54
• Cash Flow: GBX 45.55 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.65
• Book Value: GBX 221 per share
• Price / Book: 0.34

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 26,160,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £19.67 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.54