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Vodafone

LSE:VOD · GB00BH4HKS39
Wireless Telecommunication ServicesXX-Large

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11
EV / EBIT49
Price / Owner Earnings5
Owner Earnings Yield19
Dividend Yield49
Price/Sales76
EV / Gross Profit48
Price/Book92
Return on Capital11
Cash Return on Capital14
Return on Equity8
EBIT Margin13
Gross Profitability12
Accruals88
Owner Earnings Margin14
Sales growth79
Profit Growth94
Long-Term EPS Growth81
Reinvestment61
Price momentum86
Debt load50
Refinancing10
Debt Payback3
Liquidity25
Analyst ratings5
Opinion Changes32
Price Target Upside18
Market mood17
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Vodafone clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUK
IndustryWireless Telecommunication Services
SizeXX-Large
TypePublic Company
ExchangeLSE
Founded1984
Employees81,058
Websitevodafone.com
ISINGB00BH4HKS39
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
Artificial Intelligence & Big DataFTSE 100 (United Kingdom)FTSE 350 (United Kingdom)FTSE All Shares (United Kingdom)NASDAQ (USA)Renewable Energy Users
Themes
FintechNetwork SecurityNetwork BackboneData Centers and Facilities5GEnterprise Voip and TelephonyCloud InfrastructureVoIPEdge ComputingIaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

Description

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company is an European and African telecommunications company transforming the way the company’s customers live and work through the company’s technology, platforms, products and services. The company provides mobile an…

Analysis

Weak and unloved

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company scores below average on quality and is priced accordingly, a low-conviction position in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 56.6×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 20% a year, against analyst forecasts of 20%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

Flags to be aware of: Some accounting patterns deserve a closer look. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
73
2023202420252026

All-time high

92

Mar 2026

All-time low

12

Jun 2023

Average rank

59

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
76
76
78
69
Price/Earnings
61
68
67
55
Price/Book
92
91
86
91
Dividend Yield
49
43
57
80
Value (overall)
86
74
84
93

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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