Vodafone Group Public Limited Plans Dividend of €0.05 (LON:VOD)

Vodafone Group Public Limited (LON:VOD - Get Free Report) declared a dividend on Tuesday, May 14th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 6th will be given a dividend of €0.05 ($0.05) per share by the cell phone carrier on Friday, August 2nd. This represents a yield of 5.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 6th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Vodafone Group Public Price Performance

Shares of LON VOD traded up GBX 3.30 ($0.04) during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching GBX 73.28 ($0.92). 187,536,428 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 82,724,383. Vodafone Group Public has a 52 week low of GBX 62.71 ($0.79) and a 52 week high of GBX 90.76 ($1.14). The company's 50 day moving average price is GBX 68.55 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 69.33. The stock has a market capitalization of £19.84 billion, a PE ratio of 229.00, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 0.48. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 0.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 109.39.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Citigroup reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and issued a GBX 68 ($0.85) price objective on shares of Vodafone Group Public in a research note on Wednesday, March 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 99.80 ($1.25).

Insider Buying and Selling at Vodafone Group Public

In other news, insider Van Boxmeer purchased 823,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 27th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 69 ($0.87) per share, with a total value of £568,215 ($713,658.63). In other Vodafone Group Public news, insider Van Boxmeer purchased 823,500 shares of Vodafone Group Public stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 27th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 69 ($0.87) per share, for a total transaction of £568,215 ($713,658.63). Also, insider Luka Mucic acquired 2,460,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 15th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 70 ($0.88) per share, with a total value of £1,722,000 ($2,162,773.17). Corporate insiders own 8.25% of the company's stock.

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.