Insider Buying: Vodafone Group Public Limited (LON:VOD) Insider Buys 62,867 Shares of Stock

Vodafone Group Public Limited (LON:VOD) insider Van Boxmeer acquired 62,867 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 7th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 72 ($0.92) per share, with a total value of £45,264.24 ($57,845.67).

Vodafone Group Public Stock Up 4.8 %

Shares of LON VOD opened at GBX 73.80 ($0.94) on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 71.30 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 69.83. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a 52 week low of GBX 62.71 ($0.80) and a 52 week high of GBX 82.56 ($1.06). The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 93.42. The company has a market cap of £19.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,845.00, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 0.49.

Vodafone Group Public Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have weighed in on the stock. Citigroup reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a GBX 70 ($0.89) price target on shares of Vodafone Group Public in a research note on Friday, July 12th. Barclays boosted their target price on Vodafone Group Public from GBX 80 ($1.02) to GBX 85 ($1.09) and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 15th.

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.