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Vodafone Group Public (VOD) Competitors

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GBX 80.44 -0.40 (-0.49%)
As of 07/11/2025 12:36 PM Eastern

VOD vs. BT.A, BBGI, PHI, TEF, CNCT, CNSL, CEL, OTT, BCE, and FOX

Should you be buying Vodafone Group Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vodafone Group Public include BT Group (BT.A), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), Telford Homes (TEF), Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L) (CNCT), Cambridge Nutritional Sciences (CNSL), Celadon Pharmaceuticals (CEL), Oxford Technology 3 Venture Capital Trust (OTT), Beacon Energy (BCE), and Fox Marble (FOX). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

Vodafone Group Public vs. Its Competitors

BT Group (LON:BT.A) and Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) are both large-cap telecom services industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability and risk.

BT Group has a net margin of 4.11% compared to Vodafone Group Public's net margin of 1.79%. BT Group's return on equity of 6.33% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BT Group4.11% 6.33% 3.77%
Vodafone Group Public 1.79%1.20%1.45%

Vodafone Group Public has a consensus target price of GBX 73, indicating a potential downside of 9.25%. Given Vodafone Group Public's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than BT Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BT Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Vodafone Group Public
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

BT Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vodafone Group Public. Vodafone Group Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BT Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BT Group£20.80B0.92£855M£0.092,162.78
Vodafone Group Public£44.66B0.54£797.39M£2.2036.48

27.7% of BT Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of BT Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

BT Group has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, BT Group had 2 more articles in the media than Vodafone Group Public. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BT Group and 1 mentions for Vodafone Group Public. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat BT Group's score of 0.02 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BT Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Vodafone Group Public
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

BT Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. BT Group pays out 8,888.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vodafone Group Public pays out 362.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Vodafone Group Public is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

BT Group beats Vodafone Group Public on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VOD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VOD vs. The Competition

MetricVodafone Group PublicTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£24.31B£11.41B£3.40B£3.00B
Dividend Yield7.07%9.58%6.84%5.02%
P/E Ratio36.4833.1220.57150.83
Price / Sales0.5428.93116.48314,599.98
Price / Cash1.6531.1616.5227.97
Price / Book0.363.574.294.58
Net Income£797.39M£628.05M£146.56M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.45%3.49%1.16%11.51%
1 Month Performance9.59%10.02%8.03%7.92%
1 Year Performance14.07%16.71%21.59%32.01%

Vodafone Group Public Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VOD
Vodafone Group Public
1.7976 of 5 stars
GBX 80.44
-0.5%
GBX 73
-9.2%
+12.9%£24.31B£44.66B36.48104,000
BT.A
BT Group
1.9302 of 5 stars
GBX 192.27
-0.8%
N/A+38.3%£18.80B£20.80B2,136.3698,400
BBGI
BBGI Global Infrastructure
N/AGBX 138.50
flat
N/AN/A£984.71M£67.98M17.931,160
PHI
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust
N/AGBX 610
-0.3%
N/A-4.3%£547.80M£42.03M20.5018,800News Coverage
Positive News
TEF
Telford Homes
N/AN/AN/AN/A£265.88M£336.12M7.85104,200High Trading Volume
CNCT
Smiths News Plc (CNCT.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£63.41M£1.44B-1.413Gap Up
CNSL
Cambridge Nutritional Sciences
N/AGBX 3.55
+1.1%
N/A+6.5%£8.45M£9.77M-362.103,200Gap Down
CEL
Celadon Pharmaceuticals
N/AGBX 9
-34.7%
N/AN/A£5.52M£123.38K-1.132,780Gap Down
OTT
Oxford Technology 3 Venture Capital Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.13M-£85K-12.59203Gap Down
BCE
Beacon Energy
N/AGBX 0
flat
N/AN/A£722KN/A-0.3544,600
FOX
Fox Marble
N/AGBX 0.04
-7.9%
N/A-97.0%£146K£722.06K-135.0010,600Gap Up

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This page (LON:VOD) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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