Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC Sells 12,294 Shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC trimmed its position in Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) by 4.2% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 277,683 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after selling 12,294 shares during the period. Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC’s holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $2,416,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VOD. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 73.0% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,039,166 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $38,291,000 after acquiring an additional 1,704,002 shares in the last quarter. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 17.8% in the fourth quarter. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co Ltd now owns 9,269,284 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $80,643,000 after purchasing an additional 1,400,000 shares during the last quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC lifted its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 31.9% during the 3rd quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC now owns 4,880,463 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $46,267,000 after buying an additional 1,180,113 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 87.9% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,369,456 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $22,462,000 after acquiring an additional 1,108,312 shares in the last quarter. Finally, O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public by 97.7% in the third quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 617,016 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $5,849,000 after purchasing an additional 304,898 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 7.84% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com cut Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 12th.

Vodafone Group Public Price Performance

Vodafone Group Public stock traded up $0.02 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $8.64. 3,140,900 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,787,537. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a fifty-two week low of $8.02 and a fifty-two week high of $12.01. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $8.67 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $8.79. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86.

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.