Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC Sells 3,000 Shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD)

Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Vodafone Group Public Limited (NASDAQ:VOD) by 21.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 10,790 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock after selling 3,000 shares during the quarter. Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vodafone Group Public were worth $92,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Creative Planning boosted its holdings in Vodafone Group Public by 15.6% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 312,109 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $3,127,000 after purchasing an additional 42,007 shares in the last quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 86,826 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $870,000 after buying an additional 1,734 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in Vodafone Group Public by 71.1% in the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 16,056 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock valued at $161,000 after acquiring an additional 6,670 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its stake in Vodafone Group Public by 20.8% during the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 13,134 shares of the cell phone carrier’s stock worth $132,000 after acquiring an additional 2,263 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vodafone Group Public in the 3rd quarter valued at $101,000. 7.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Vodafone Group Public from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Vodafone Group Public presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Vodafone Group Public Trading Down 0.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VOD opened at $8.36 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $8.47 and a 200-day moving average of $9.14. Vodafone Group Public Limited has a one year low of $8.00 and a one year high of $10.39. The company has a current ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78.

Vodafone Group Public 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.