Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) Shares Acquired by American Century Companies Inc.

American Century Companies Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) by 8.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,084,850 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after purchasing an additional 80,077 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc.’s holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $9,623,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public during the first quarter worth about $46,000. Stifel Financial Corp grew its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 23.6% during the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 532,381 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $4,632,000 after buying an additional 101,553 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vodafone Group Public during the first quarter worth about $1,151,000. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 40.4% during the first quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC now owns 21,608,956 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $192,320,000 after buying an additional 6,216,805 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. grew its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 353.6% during the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 136,789 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $1,217,000 after buying an additional 106,636 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 7.84% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. New Street Research raised Vodafone Group Public to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 8th. StockNews.com raised Vodafone Group Public from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 30th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft assumed coverage on Vodafone Group Public in a report on Thursday, June 20th. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, UBS Group lowered Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $14.45.

Vodafone Group Public Price Performance

Shares of VOD opened at $10.01 on Monday. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a twelve month low of $8.02 and a twelve month high of $10.39. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $9.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is $9.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.31 billion, a PE ratio of 9.10, a P/E/G ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79.

Vodafone Group Public Company 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.