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VOD VODAFONE GROUP PLC-SP ADR

2026Q2 · CUSIP 92857W308 · Sector: Media & Telecom

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
577
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+24
Last quarter 553 → now 577
How unusual is that
Top 20%
Stronger buying than 81% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

577 funds held VOD at the end of 2026Q2, up 24 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 80.8% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. VOD has had 8 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved -10.5% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Media & Telecom sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q4: holders=5 2014Q1: holders=616 2014Q2: holders=576 2014Q3: holders=572 2014Q4: holders=563 2015Q1: holders=532 2015Q2: holders=567 2015Q3: holders=551 2015Q4: holders=560 2016Q1: holders=542 2016Q2: holders=565 2016Q3: holders=567 2016Q4: holders=575 2017Q1: holders=582 2017Q2: holders=587 2017Q3: holders=597 2017Q4: holders=670 2018Q1: holders=668 2018Q2: holders=632 2018Q3: holders=633 2018Q4: holders=604 2019Q1: holders=591 2019Q2: holders=533 2019Q3: holders=513 2019Q4: holders=544 2020Q1: holders=507 2020Q2: holders=500 2020Q3: holders=494 2020Q4: holders=525 2021Q1: holders=518 2021Q2: holders=531 2021Q3: holders=537 2021Q4: holders=556 2022Q1: holders=550 2022Q2: holders=547 2022Q3: holders=533 2022Q4: holders=530 2023Q1: holders=532 2023Q2: holders=511 2023Q3: holders=504 2023Q4: holders=513 2024Q1: holders=503 2024Q2: holders=507 2024Q3: holders=510 2024Q4: holders=526 2025Q1: holders=505 2025Q2: holders=509 2025Q3: holders=508 2025Q4: holders=541 2026Q1: holders=553 2026Q2: holders=577 -611 -305.5 +0 +305.5 +611 4354704 13Q415Q216Q418Q219Q421Q222Q424Q225Q426Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 8 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 20% — —
2025Q4 Top 20% -2.5% -1.9%
2019Q4 Top 20% -31.3% -24.3%
2017Q4 Top 10% -0.7% -8.9%
2017Q3 Top 20% +7.4% -4.8%
2016Q2 Top 10% -6.9% -18.2%
2015Q2 Top 5% -17.2% -11.1%
2014Q1 Top 1% in the market -4.4% -4.5%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
148
Change in large funds
+11
Total value they hold
$2.6B
Funds buying for the first time
88
Funds that sold out entirely
64
Price change that quarter
+10.0%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
8
Funds holding calls (bullish)
9

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

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