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

Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of 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 shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 7,920,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days.

Institutional Trading of Vodafone Group Public

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Parvin Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $256,000. Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,784,827 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $15,153,000 after acquiring an additional 123,012 shares during the period. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL acquired a new stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $262,000. Two Sigma Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $89,000. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new position in Vodafone Group Public in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $770,000. 7.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Performance

VOD stock traded down $0.07 on Friday, hitting $8.36. 9,558,719 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,979,208. Vodafone Group Public has a 1-year low of $8.00 and a 1-year high of $10.39. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $8.47 and a 200-day moving average of $9.15. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Vodafone Group Public Company 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.