Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC Acquires 15,332 Shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC raised its stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) by 115.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 28,668 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,332 shares during the period. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC’s holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $243,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Stifel Financial Corp increased its position in Vodafone Group Public by 34.9% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 778,068 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $7,796,000 after acquiring an additional 201,360 shares during the last quarter. Lester Murray Antman dba SimplyRich purchased a new stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public during the 4th quarter valued at about $295,000. Atria Investments Inc lifted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 8.7% in the 4th quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 842,286 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $7,151,000 after purchasing an additional 67,086 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP boosted its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 9.0% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 27,103 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $227,000 after buying an additional 2,246 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC grew its position in Vodafone Group Public by 16.1% during the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 31,173 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $265,000 after buying an additional 4,332 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 7.84% of the company’s stock.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VOD opened at $8.45 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $20.00 billion, a PE ratio of 7.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.58. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a 1 year low of $8.00 and a 1 year high of $10.39. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $8.90 and a 200-day moving average price of $8.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 1.34.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com cut shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, March 24th. Bank of America downgraded Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Finally, DZ Bank upgraded Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Four equities 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average 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.