Tudor Investment Corp ET AL Invests $262,000 in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Tudor Investment Corp ET AL bought a new stake in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 30,857 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock, valued at approximately $262,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Two Sigma Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vodafone Group Public in the 4th quarter valued at $89,000. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new position in Vodafone Group Public in the fourth quarter worth about $770,000. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 8.8% during the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 846,901 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $7,190,000 after purchasing an additional 68,833 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 17.8% during the fourth quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 10,819 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $92,000 after purchasing an additional 1,631 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 1,260.2% in the 4th quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 326,147 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $2,769,000 after purchasing an additional 302,170 shares during the period. 7.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

VOD has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. StockNews.com cut Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, April 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “underweight” rating on shares of Vodafone Group Public in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. DZ Bank raised shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Bank of America downgraded Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, March 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Vodafone Group Public has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Up 0.5 %

Shares of VOD opened at $9.30 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.16, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.61. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a 52 week low of $8.00 and a 52 week high of $10.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.37. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $9.26 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $8.89.

Vodafone Group Public Profile

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.