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Vodafone Group plc ADR (NASDAQ: VOD) closed the day trading at $8.45 down -1.52% from the previous closing price of $8.58. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.52 from its previous closing price. On the day, 18.99 million shares were traded. VOD stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.5294 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $8.32.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VOD, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1.45 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 1.68. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.05 and its Current Ratio is at 1.08. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.93 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.79.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VOD now has a Market Capitalization of 21079115776 and an Enterprise Value of 272759996416. As of this moment, Vodafone’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.25, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.44. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.66. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.59 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.31. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.37 whereas that against EBITDA is 30.226.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VOD is 0.57, which has changed by 0.018072248 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.028231144 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VOD has reached a high of $10.39, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $8.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.15%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.45%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VOD traded about 11.31M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VOD traded about 15231040 shares per day. A total of 2.49B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 2.49B. Insiders hold about 0.05% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 7.91% stake in the company. Shares short for VOD as of 1741910400 were 16030285 with a Short Ratio of 1.43, compared to 1739491200 on 11724253. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 16030285 and a Short% of Float of 0.64.
Dividends & Splits
VOD’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.72, up from 0.068 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.007925408The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 8.11. The current Payout Ratio is 206.32% for VOD, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-11-22 with an ex-dividend date of 1732233600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-02-24 when the company split stock in a 4905:5000 ratio.
