Quantinno Capital Management LP Purchases 177,260 Shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Quantinno Capital Management LP boosted its stake in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) by 83.4% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 389,803 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after acquiring an additional 177,260 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP’s holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $3,309,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 57,500.0% in the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 29,952 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $254,000 after acquiring an additional 29,900 shares during the last quarter. Lester Murray Antman dba SimplyRich bought a new stake in Vodafone Group Public in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $295,000. Atria Investments Inc boosted its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 8.7% in the fourth quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 842,286 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $7,151,000 after acquiring an additional 67,086 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in 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 valued at $227,000 after buying an additional 2,246 shares during the period. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 16.1% during the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 31,173 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $265,000 after buying an additional 4,332 shares in the last quarter. 7.84% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vodafone Group Public Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VOD opened at $9.64 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a twelve month low of $8.00 and a twelve month high of $10.39. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $9.26 and its 200-day moving average is $8.87. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.46, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.61.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “underweight” rating on shares of Vodafone Group Public in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. DZ Bank upgraded Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, March 7th. Bank of America cut Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, March 24th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus 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.