Key Considerations for Vodafone Investors

By Susan Ramirez • Friday, November 28 10:03 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Vodafone, a Communication Equipment company whose shares moved 0.0% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Vodafone has moved 39.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.9%
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-1.89
Vodafone has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -6.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $0.85 and its forward P/E ratio is 14.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 5.79 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Vodafone is part of the Telecommunications sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 18.22 and an average P/B of 1.86
VOD has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -15.4% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $12.79 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Vodafone Group Public Limited Company provides telecommunication services in Germany, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Turkey, and South Africa. It offers mobile and fixed services; connectivity business solutions, such as digital services, the Internet of Things (IoT) and financial services; and IoT platforms. The company also provides cloud, multi-cloud, and edge computing solutions; M-PESA, an African mobile money platform to make payments and offer financial services; and international voice and roaming services. In addition, it offers unified communications, mobile connectivity, IoT connectivity, cloud and edge, E2E solutions, and security services; leases fibre and other fixed connectivity services; and engages in infrastructure assets, shared operations, growth platforms, retail, and service operations. The company serves private and public sector customers in health, banking and finance, transport and logistics, retail, utilities, and agriculture industries. Vodafone Group Public Limited Company was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Newbury, the United Kingdom.

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