Envestnet Asset Management Inc. Raises Stake in Vodafone Group PLC $VOD

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ:VOD) by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,518,066 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after buying an additional 76,534 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. owned 0.23% of Vodafone Group worth $64,010,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of VOD. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group by 22.9% in the second quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 27,680,971 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $295,079,000 after buying an additional 5,160,095 shares in the last quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vodafone Group by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC now owns 26,095,086 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $302,703,000 after buying an additional 228,325 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Vodafone Group by 116.9% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,076,148 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $86,092,000 after purchasing an additional 4,352,389 shares during the period. SALT Holding Corp. raised its position in Vodafone Group by 3,039.6% in the second quarter. SALT Holding Corp. now owns 3,623,500 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $38,627,000 after acquiring an additional 3,508,086 shares during the period. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in shares of Vodafone Group by 282.5% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,161,978 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $33,707,000 after buying an additional 2,335,306 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 7.84% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. UBS Group reiterated a “sell” rating on shares of Vodafone Group in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. BNP Paribas Exane raised shares of Vodafone Group to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Vodafone Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 15th. Berenberg Bank raised Vodafone Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Finally, Barclays upgraded Vodafone Group from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $72.00.

Vodafone Group News Summary

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%

Shares of NASDAQ VOD opened at $15.11 on Monday. Vodafone Group PLC has a 12 month low of $8.05 and a 12 month high of $15.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 1.17. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $13.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $12.29.

Vodafone Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 5th. Stockholders 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 of this dividend 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.