Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC Sells 33,784 Shares of Vodafone Group PLC $VOD

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lowered its stake in Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ:VOD) by 51.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 31,848 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after selling 33,784 shares during the quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vodafone Group were worth $359,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Tevis Investment Management grew its position in Vodafone Group by 23.0% during the 2nd quarter. Tevis Investment Management now owns 180,148 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $1,966,000 after acquiring an additional 33,701 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group by 22.9% during the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 27,680,971 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $295,079,000 after purchasing an additional 5,160,095 shares in the last quarter. Dupree Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vodafone Group during the third quarter worth about $3,097,000. Icon Advisers Inc. Co. increased its stake in shares of Vodafone Group by 17.8% in the second quarter. Icon Advisers Inc. Co. now owns 519,731 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $5,540,000 after buying an additional 78,474 shares during the period. Finally, Ritholtz Wealth Management raised its holdings in Vodafone Group by 50.5% in the 2nd quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 548,364 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $5,846,000 after buying an additional 184,022 shares during the last quarter. 7.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have issued reports on VOD shares. Barclays upgraded shares of Vodafone Group from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Berenberg Bank upgraded Vodafone Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. BNP Paribas Exane raised Vodafone Group to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Zacks Research raised Vodafone Group from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Vodafone Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 15th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $72.00.

More Vodafone Group News

Here are the key news stories impacting Vodafone Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management stuck to guidance and said it remains on track to deliver at the upper end of its profit and cash-flow targets for the year, supporting confidence in near-term cash returns. Vodafone sticks to guidance despite UK and Germany softness
• Positive Sentiment: Vodafone launched a new €500m share buyback, a direct capital-return measure that can support the share price and EPS. Vodafone starts new EUR500 million share buyback as revenue rises
• Positive Sentiment: Group service revenue showed underlying growth (reported organic/service revenue increases) with management pointing to strength in Turkey, Africa and parts of Germany as drivers for profit resilience. Vodafone growth: Turkey, Africa, Germany supports profit
• Neutral Sentiment: Full Q3 sales/trading call transcript and slideshow are available for investors wanting detail on metrics, region-level trends and management commentary — useful for modeling forward revenue and margins. Vodafone Q3 2026 Sales/Trading Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Germany underperformed expectations: growth there missed forecasts, prompting a sharp market reaction and one report saying shares slid ~5% on the news — this market is large for Vodafone and a drag on sentiment. Vodafone Shares Slide 5% as Germany Growth Misses Expectations
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue missed some market expectations with particular weakness flagged in Turkey and softer UK performance; outlets reported downward pressure on the shares and noted a rating downgrade from some analysts citing limited near-term valuation upside. Vodafone Shares Fall After Revenue Disappoints Vodafone: We Have Liftoff (Rating Downgrade)

Vodafone Group Stock Up 3.4%

VOD stock opened at $15.11 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.17 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $13.44 and a 200-day moving average price of $12.29. Vodafone Group PLC has a 1-year low of $8.05 and a 1-year high of $15.90.

Vodafone Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 24th were issued a dividend of $0.2567 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 434.0%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 24th.

Vodafone Group Profile

Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company headquartered in London. It provides a wide range of communications services to consumer and enterprise customers, including mobile voice and data, fixed-line broadband, cable and pay-TV, and wholesale network services. The company also offers business-oriented solutions such as cloud and hosting, managed networks, unified communications, and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and platform services.

Vodafone operates through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and partner arrangements across multiple countries, with a particularly large presence in Europe and in several African markets.