Vodafone Group shows an attractive forward price-to-earnings of 9.2x and technically trades near its 52-week high with rising on-balance volume, but quality scores fall below the minimum investment threshold, the stock trades significantly above its analyst consensus price target, active legal risk has been flagged, and analyst forward estimates have been cut by 22% in the past 30 days.
Thesis pillars
- Below Quality Floor Weak Fundamentals→Stable
- Estimate Cuts And Legal Risk↑Improving
- Above Analyst Target Negative Asymmetry↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 3, 2026
Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) Stock Analysis
Catalyst-Driven edge
Communication Services · Telecom Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.63: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
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... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.63: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 4/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio and news soft leadership change. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-29Recent Developments — Vodafone Group Plc
Latest news
- NEWS Vodafone Institute and University of Bonn Publish Study on European Digital Dependency — fiscal.ai Oct 28, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Executive Committee Member Joakim Reiter to Depart Vodafone — fiscal.ai Oct 28, 2026 negative
- NEWS Societe Generale Increases Major Holding in Vodafone Group Plc — fiscal.ai Oct 27, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Vodafone Implements Changes to GigaMobil-Young Tariffs — fiscal.ai Oct 27, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, and Telefónica Plan Joint Bid for MSS Spectrum — fiscal.ai Oct 24, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-10-29T11:14:36Z.
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1 floor-breaker
Unprofitable operations — net margin -1.0%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $15.63: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $14.99. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Analyst target $13.90 reached (−11.0% from $15.63); no take-profit level is published. Prior stop was $14.99. Stop-loss: $14.99.
Target reached (-11.0% upside); Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0).
Vodafone Group Plc trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 9.3). TrendMatrix value score: 7.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
27 analysts cover VOD with a consensus score of 3.4/5. Average price target: $16.
What does Vodafone Group Plc do?Vodafone Group Public Limited Company provides telecommunication services in Germany, the United Kingdom, rest of...
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.