Vodafone (VOD)

• Market cap: $21.8B
• 1 day: 1.53%
• 5 days: 8.26%
• 1 month: -5.58%
• 3 months: 9.79%
• 6 months: -4.32%
• Year to date: 9.40%
• 1 year: 12.44%
• 5 years: -32.44%
• 10 years: -72.53%
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Telecom Services

About: Vodafone operates mobile and fixed-line networks and businesses in more than 20 countries. Its largest market is Germany, where it is the second mobile operator after Deutsche Telekom and owns a cable network after acquiring Kabel Deutschland in 2013 and Liberty Global Germany in 2019. In the UK it acts as a mobile operator and is attempting a merger with CK Hutchison. In 2024 Vodafone divested its Spanish and Italian divisions, given their low returns on invested capital.

Employees: 85,225

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

91% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $54.8M | Put options by funds: $28.7M

34% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 90 | Existing positions closed: 67

3% more funds holding

Funds holding: 507 [Q3] → 521 (+14) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q3] → 5 (+0) [Q4]

0.02% less ownership

Funds ownership: 0.79% [Q3] → 0.77% (-0.02%) [Q4]

18% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.05B [Q3] → $1.67B (-$377M) [Q4]

27% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 133 | Existing positions reduced: 182