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Company snapshot — Vodafone Group PLC ADR

VOD in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Vodafone provides mobile and fixed-line telecom services across Germany, the UK, other parts of Europe, Turkey and South Africa. It also sells connectivity, IoT platforms, cloud and edge computing to business customers, and runs M-Pesa, a mobile money service used across parts of Africa. Customers span private and public bodies in health, banking, transport, retail and agriculture. It was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Newbury, England, and trades in the US as an ADR.
Where it sits in the stack
Vodafone holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it is not a build-out constituent. It sits instead in the wider Communication Services sleeve of our universe, grouped by sector and country as a network operator rather than a supplier to the AI stack.
Who it is priced against
Its peer group, drawn from the same sector and country in our universe, includes Alphabet, Meta, NetEase, Applovin, Reddit, Kanzhun, Telkom Indonesia and Chunghwa Telecom. The market also compares it with Deutsche Telekom as a fellow European incumbent operator.
Why Closelook tracks it
Vodafone carries no index seats in the diary but does carry a Closelook score, our module-based read of a company; momentum is its strongest module and quality its weakest. It has not been picked up in our quote log.
What the diary watches
Whether growth in IoT, cloud and mobile-money services such as M-Pesa offsets pressure on the core mobile and fixed connectivity business across its European and African markets.

Vodafone Group PLC ADR (VOD) trades on US exchanges, classified under Communication Services.

The Closelook company score reads 48/100 composite (momentum 70, quality 30, valuation 75) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for VOD, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Telecom Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Telecom Services · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against VOD on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.21%, semi-annual · buybacks 2.05 bn USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What VOD pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.53 USD per share · a 3.21% yield on the 2026-09-22 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-22
  • Change on the year +111.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.25 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.28 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-05
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.51 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.28 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-06-06
  • Dividends paid, FY2026 1.10 bn USD 77% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2026 2.05 bn USD 5.0% of today's market value
  • Share count −8.3% in FY2026 11 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 3.16 bn USD · 37% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 66/100 · S&P 500 fund at 64, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-22
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-22
  • Sector × region Communication services in US: −0.1% week · +2.2% month · +6.2% quarter · −2.5% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLC.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-22
  • Sovereign pressure Index -0.03 · down 0.40 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-22

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-23

Quick answers

What is Vodafone Group PLC ADR (VOD)?

Vodafone Group PLC ADR trades as VOD on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Communication Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-23.

Is VOD in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Vodafone Group PLC ADR is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-23.

What is Vodafone Group PLC ADR's Closelook composite score?

48 out of 100, with momentum 70, quality 30 and valuation 75 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-23. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does VOD trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +2.6% vs the 50-day and +12.3% vs the 200-day average, 6.2% below the 52-week high and +55.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-22 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Vodafone Group PLC ADR do?

Vodafone provides mobile and fixed-line telecom services across Germany, the UK, other parts of Europe, Turkey and South Africa. It also sells connectivity, IoT platforms, cloud and edge computing to business customers, and runs M-Pesa, a mobile money service used across parts of Africa. Customers span private and public bodies in health, banking, transport, retail and agriculture. Its peer group, drawn from the same sector and country in our universe, includes Alphabet, Meta, NetEase, Applovin, Reddit, Kanzhun, Telkom Indonesia and Chunghwa Telecom. The market also compares it with Deutsche Telekom as a fellow European incumbent operator.

Where does Vodafone Group PLC ADR sit in the AI build-out?

Vodafone holds no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it is not a build-out constituent. It sits instead in the wider Communication Services sleeve of our universe, grouped by sector and country as a network operator rather than a supplier to the AI stack. Vodafone carries no index seats in the diary but does carry a Closelook score, our module-based read of a company; momentum is its strongest module and quality its weakest. It has not been picked up in our quote log.

Does Vodafone Group PLC ADR pay a dividend?

Vodafone Group PLC ADR has paid 0.53 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.21% on the 2026-09-22 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.28 USD on 2026-06-05. In fiscal 2026 the company paid 1.10 bn USD in dividends and bought back 2.05 bn USD of its own shares, 37% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 8.3% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for VOD, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Telecom Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.