Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. Buys 5,692 Shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. grew its stake in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) by 13.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 48,028 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,692 shares during the period. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc.’s holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $408,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC grew its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC now owns 22,006,311 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $186,834,000 after buying an additional 97,636 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,054,261 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $42,911,000 after buying an additional 91,010 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can grew its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 12.4% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 4,277,581 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $43,161,000 after buying an additional 472,537 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 177.1% during 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 purchasing an additional 2,145,085 shares during the period. Finally, Goldentree Asset Management LP grew its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 1.9% during the third quarter. Goldentree Asset Management LP now owns 3,283,292 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $32,898,000 after purchasing an additional 60,943 shares during the period. 7.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Performance

Shares of VOD opened at $9.01 on Friday. 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 twelve month low of $8.00 and a twelve month high of $10.39. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $8.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $9.08. The firm has a market cap of $22.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.90, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.75.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Vodafone Group Public 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.