Vodafone Group Public Limited (LON:VOD) Insider Margherita D. Valle Buys 327,129 Shares

Vodafone Group Public Limited (LON:VOD) insider Margherita D. Valle bought 327,129 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 25th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 72 ($0.91) per share, with a total value of £235,532.88 ($298,785.84).

Vodafone Group Public Stock Performance

LON VOD opened at GBX 69.72 ($0.88) on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of £18.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,743.00, a P/E/G ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 93.42. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 71.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 69.16. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a 1 year low of GBX 62.71 ($0.80) and a 1 year high of GBX 82.56 ($1.05).

Vodafone Group Public Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 6th will be paid a €0.05 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a yield of 5.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 6th. Vodafone Group Public’s payout ratio is 20,000.00%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on VOD. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Vodafone Group Public from GBX 80 ($1.01) to GBX 85 ($1.08) and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 15th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 68 ($0.86) target price on shares of Vodafone Group Public in a research note on Wednesday, March 20th.

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.