Margherita D. Valle Sells 620,878 Shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (LON:VOD) Stock

Vodafone Group Public Limited (LON:VOD) insider Margherita D. Valle sold 620,878 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 69 ($0.88), for a total transaction of £428,405.82 ($547,483.48).

Margherita D. Valle also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, June 25th, Margherita D. Valle bought 327,129 shares of Vodafone Group Public stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 72 ($0.92) per share, with a total value of £235,532.88 ($301,000.49).

Vodafone Group Public Price Performance

LON VOD opened at GBX 73.64 ($0.94) on Friday. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a one year low of GBX 62.71 ($0.80) and a one year high of GBX 82.56 ($1.06). The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 71.36 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 69.76. The company has a market capitalization of £19.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,841.00, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 93.42, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a current ratio of 1.31.

Vodafone Group Public Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 6th were issued a dividend of €0.05 ($0.05) per share. This represents a yield of 5.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 6th. Vodafone Group Public’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20,000.00%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Vodafone Group Public from GBX 80 ($1.02) to GBX 85 ($1.09) and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 15th. Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 70 ($0.89) price objective on shares of Vodafone Group Public in a research note on Friday, July 12th.

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.