Lester Murray Antman dba SimplyRich Makes New $295,000 Investment in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Lester Murray Antman dba SimplyRich purchased a new position in shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 34,768 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock, valued at approximately $295,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VOD. Trust Co. of Vermont grew its position in Vodafone Group Public by 1,493.2% in the third quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 4,700 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $47,000 after acquiring an additional 4,405 shares during the period. CENTRAL TRUST Co grew its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 37.8% during the 3rd quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 5,516 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 1,513 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 79.9% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 7,023 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $70,000 after purchasing an additional 3,120 shares during the last quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. raised its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 627.3% in the 3rd quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. now owns 9,651 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $97,000 after buying an additional 8,324 shares during the period. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vodafone Group Public in the third quarter valued at about $101,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 7.84% of the company’s stock.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Down 0.8 %

VOD opened at $8.50 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.37. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a 52 week low of $8.00 and a 52 week high of $10.39. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $8.51 and a 200-day simple moving average of $9.17.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

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.