Parkside Financial Bank & Trust Grows Position in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) by 912.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,212 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,500 shares during the period. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust’s holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $61,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Stifel Financial Corp raised its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 34.9% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 778,068 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $7,796,000 after acquiring an additional 201,360 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. raised its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 1,119.6% during the third quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 942,179 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $9,441,000 after purchasing an additional 864,924 shares in the last quarter. Lester Murray Antman dba SimplyRich purchased a new stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public during the 4th quarter worth approximately $295,000. Goldentree Asset Management LP boosted its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Goldentree Asset Management LP now owns 3,283,292 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $32,898,000 after buying an additional 60,943 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allworth Financial LP grew its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 9.0% in the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 27,103 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $227,000 after buying an additional 2,246 shares during the last quarter. 7.84% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vodafone Group Public Stock Up 1.0 %

VOD stock opened at $8.90 on Tuesday. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a 12 month low of $8.00 and a 12 month high of $10.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The company has a market cap of $22.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $8.46 and a 200 day moving average price of $9.08.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on VOD shares. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, December 9th. StockNews.com cut Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Vodafone Group Public currently 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.