Key Points
- Insider purchase: Anne‑Francoise Nesmes bought 20,911 Vodafone shares on Nov 14 at an average price of GBX 95, valuing the transaction at £19,865.45.
- Analyst views: Ratings are mixed — one Buy (Deutsche Bank raised its target to GBX 140) and three Holds, leaving a consensus price target of GBX 94.75.
- Market context: Vodafone opened at GBX 94.06 and was down 1.4%, with a market cap of £22.48bn and a negative P/E of -5.9, trading near its 12‑month high of GBX 96.34.
Vodafone Group Public Limited (LON:VOD - Get Free Report) insider Anne-Francoise Nesmes bought 20,911 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 14th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 95 per share, with a total value of £19,865.45.
Vodafone Group Public Trading Down 1.4%
LON VOD opened at GBX 94.06 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 96.88. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 87.42 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 82.32. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a twelve month low of GBX 62.40 and a twelve month high of GBX 96.34. The company has a market capitalization of £22.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.90, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 0.54.
Analyst Ratings Changes
VOD has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on Vodafone Group Public from GBX 135 to GBX 140 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. UBS Group reissued a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 72 price target on shares of Vodafone Group Public in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Vodafone Group Public from GBX 75 to GBX 85 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Berenberg Bank increased their target price on shares of Vodafone Group Public from GBX 80 to GBX 82 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 94.75.
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About Vodafone Group Public
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Vodafone is a leading European and African telecoms company.
We serve over 340 million mobile and broadband customers, operating networks in 15 countries with investments in a further five and partners in over 40 more. Our undersea cables transport around a sixth of the world's internet traffic, and we are developing a new direct-to-mobile satellite communications service to connect areas without coverage.
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