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RhinoStocks	As one of the biggest cellular carriers in the world, Vodaphone should be able to deliver solid earnings on November 10.	Love	November 08, 2009
barrons3	Q: Let's move on and talk about a couple of stocks you find interesting. A: Vodafone [VOD] is one of the largest global telecom companies. It's big in Europe, and it's fairly large in emerging markets. What attracted me to the stock is that it owns 45% of Verizon Wireless, which is a part of Verizon Communications [VZ]. What's interesting is that Verizon Wireless generally has a lot of free cash flow, but it hasn't distributed that free cash flow to Vodafone for a couple of years. The reason for that is that, in the past, Verizon Wireless was growing at a very fast rate, and upgrading its network. Last year it bought Alltel, and incurred $20 billion of additional debt. The company has decided to pay off about $10 billion of debt a year. Therefore, Vodafone was not receiving any cash flows from Verizon Wireless. At the same time, we estimate the Verizon Wireless stake is worth around $50 billion to $55 billion. If you take the value of Verizon Wireless out of Vodafone, you are basically buying the other cash-generating businesses at about seven times free cash flow. That is incredibly cheap. You also have that 6%-plus dividend yield, and when the global economy starts to recover and emerging markets start to grow again, Vodafone's cash flows will start growing again as well.	Love	September 19, 2009
barrons3	In the emerging space I’m excited about wireless, adds Tim Seymour. Look at Turkcell [TKC], Vimpelcom [VIP], MBT [MBT] and Vodafone (VOD).	Love	January 28, 2009
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show:"No, no, this one is too complicated. This is the year of Verizon (VZ) and I say buy, buy, buy to that one instead."	Love	January 01, 2009
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show:"No, no, this one is too complicated. This is the year of Verizon (VZ) and I say buy, buy, buy to that one instead."	Love	December 30, 2008
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show:"That yield of 11% is a reg flag for me. I'd go with their partner Verizon (VZ), which pays less of a dividend but is a lot safer."	Love	November 13, 2008
barrons3	Stubbs likes telecom, pharmaceutical and insurance sectors in general. For those who haven't completely soured on equity, the strategist has screened for stocks that offer a dividend yield above 4%; strong cash flow; decent dividend cover; a good balance sheet and a positive earnings picture. Among the names on this list: ENI (ticker: E); Vodafone Group (VOD), France Telecom (FTE); GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and AstraZeneca (AZN).	Love	October 11, 2008
linuxgirl	own 20 shares	Love	September 17, 2008
sarah z	The European telecom giant said its board approved the repurchase of up too $2 billion in common stock. The move comes a day after the company's stock sunk 14% on lower expectations for full-year sales. Vodafone said this sharp decline was unwarranted and made VOD shares significantly undervalued. Vodafone added that the maximum share price it will repurchase the shares will be no more than 105% of the average closing price in the five business days before the buyback. On Tuesday, July 22nd, the world's largest mobile operator by sales, reported first-quarter earnings with sales increasing 19% to $19.6 billion. However, most of this growth came from favorable exchange rates and acquisitions. Organic revenue increased just 1.7%. In its strongest markets, revenue dripped 0.2%, mostly due to soft sales in Spain, which has experience a huge drop in consumer spending. Sales in the U.K. were also weak for Vodafone as competition remains tough. Arun Sarin, Vodafonoe’s CEO commented, “Whilst we expect revenue around the bottom of the outlook range, our continued focus on cost reduction enables us to reiterate our operating profit and cash flow guidance for the year.” Shares of Vodafone sunk 14% when the company warned about full year results, hinting at a slowdown in the telecom sector. They expect revenue to be at the bottom end of its range between $79.8 billion to $81.6 billion. Standard & Poor's analyst Cristina Perea said, “Vodafone's comments today highlight the fact that mobile and telecommunications services are not immune to the overall consumption patterns." Deutsche Bank has a buy rating on the stock and a $200 price target. They just issued a report saying that VOD's peers saw much lower gains in Spain. This is good news for VOD because that means the Spanish market isn't as weak as they previously thought.	Love	August 06, 2008
sarah z	The European telecom giant said its board approved the repurchase of up too $2 billion in common stock. The move comes a day after the company's stock sunk 14% on lower expectations for full-year sales. Vodafone said this sharp decline was unwarranted and made VOD shares significantly undervalued. Vodafone added that the maximum share price it will repurchase the shares will be no more than 105% of the average closing price in the five business days before the buyback. On Tuesday, July 22nd, the world's largest mobile operator by sales, reported first-quarter earnings with sales increasing 19% to $19.6 billion. However, most of this growth came from favorable exchange rates and acquisitions. Organic revenue increased just 1.7%. In its strongest markets, revenue dripped 0.2%, mostly due to soft sales in Spain, which has experience a huge drop in consumer spending. Sales in the U.K. were also weak for Vodafone as competition remains tough. Arun Sarin, Vodafonoe’s CEO commented, “Whilst we expect revenue around the bottom of the outlook range, our continued focus on cost reduction enables us to reiterate our operating profit and cash flow guidance for the year.” Shares of Vodafone sunk 14% when the company warned about full year results, hinting at a slowdown in the telecom sector. They expect revenue to be at the bottom end of its range between $79.8 billion to $81.6 billion. Standard & Poor's analyst Cristina Perea said, “Vodafone's comments today highlight the fact that mobile and telecommunications services are not immune to the overall consumption patterns." Deutsche Bank has a buy rating on the stock and a $200 price target. They just issued a report saying that VOD's peers saw much lower gains in Spain. This is good news for VOD because that means the Spanish market isn't as weak as they previously thought.	Love	July 31, 2008
droth76	lots of cash	Love	June 28, 2008
barrons2	He said he likes Vodafone for its position in Kenya and India.	Love	June 11, 2008
barrons2	The largest mobile phone company was among the most active names on the NYSE Monday.	Love	June 11, 2008
clayton mitropoulos	to much competion	Hate	April 10, 2008
MyBlackDog	I made money	Love	March 23, 2008
marcebahn@yahoo.com	Own stock	Love	October 29, 2007
josephbar	One of the Largest Telecomunications Companies in Europe and it is Constantly expanding into other nations. Owns a large share of Verizon Wireless which plays a big part in the U.S. Mobile Phone Market.	Love	October 20, 2007
ozzyspop	SOLID DIVIDEND	Love	October 12, 2007
Sally Orsini	cramer recommendation- need international exposure	Love	October 04, 2007
tim31chstf	international cell phone growth	Love	October 02, 2007
jozimmerman	Love Europe	Love	September 14, 2007
itryforu	research	Love	August 24, 2007
sarah z	Yield: 4.6%. Another U.K.-based phone firm, Vodafone is about 12% off its high and below its 50-day moving average after last week's declines. It provides digital wireless service to customers in 25 countries.	Love	August 20, 2007
rickalvi	VODAFONE	Love	August 20, 2007
whylarry	Telcom One of largest cell providers in world hedge against us dollar increased margins potential for iphone to europe	Love	August 15, 2007
Guest	Investors were told to look overseas and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD), the second largest wireless carrier in the world was recommended. They currently have 32 million subscribers and Jim thinks VOD will bring in more revenue per user. They own a big part of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), are pushing in emerging markets that do not have cell phones and have a strong dividend.	Love	August 15, 2007
Lowcarb	yield	Love	August 14, 2007
prodifotl	overseas telecom	Love	August 14, 2007
samuraidec	dividend and income	Love	August 11, 2007
SPARKY 114	hot stock.	Love	July 29, 2007