Signaturefd LLC Has $541,000 Stake in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Signaturefd LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) by 13.8% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 63,675 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after selling 10,233 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC’s holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $541,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC lifted its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC now owns 22,006,311 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $186,834,000 after acquiring an additional 97,636 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,054,261 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $42,911,000 after acquiring an additional 91,010 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 12.4% in the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 4,277,581 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $43,161,000 after acquiring an additional 472,537 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 177.1% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,356,455 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $33,632,000 after acquiring an additional 2,145,085 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Goldentree Asset Management LP lifted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Goldentree Asset Management LP now owns 3,283,292 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $32,898,000 after buying an additional 60,943 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.84% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, March 14th. DZ Bank upgraded shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, March 7th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Vodafone Group Public Price Performance

NASDAQ:VOD opened at $9.70 on Friday. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a 52 week low of $8.00 and a 52 week high of $10.39. The firm has a market cap of $22.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.51, a P/E/G ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.75. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $8.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $9.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.37.

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.