Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) Shares Bought by New Century Financial Group LLC

New Century Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) by 15.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 74,501 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,777 shares during the quarter. New Century Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $663,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of VOD. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 17.8% in the fourth quarter. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co Ltd now owns 9,269,284 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $80,643,000 after acquiring an additional 1,400,000 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its position in Vodafone Group Public by 87.9% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,369,456 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $22,462,000 after acquiring an additional 1,108,312 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 19,827.9% during the 4th quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 189,514 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $1,649,000 after purchasing an additional 188,563 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 70.3% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 430,828 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $4,084,000 after purchasing an additional 177,825 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Leo Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Vodafone Group Public in the 4th quarter worth about $1,159,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 7.84% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently issued reports on VOD. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, May 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft started coverage on Vodafone Group Public in a report on Thursday, June 20th. They set a “buy” rating for the company.

Vodafone Group Public Price Performance

Vodafone Group Public stock traded up $0.04 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $8.84. 2,616,125 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,154,242. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 1.31. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a fifty-two week low of $8.02 and a fifty-two week high of $10.19. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $9.05 and its 200-day moving average price is $8.79.

Vodafone Group Public Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.469 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 9.6%.

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.