VODVodafone Group Public Limited Company

$16.58+46% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 34 out of 100, Below average

Below average. Vodafone Group Public Limited Company scores higher than 29% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by capital allocation and cycle position, held back by valuation and return on new capital.

Communication Services median 55 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score

0median 13

An operating loss over the last year: there are no earnings to price.

Return on capital

18% of the score

12median 34

Over 6 years the business earned 3.6% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
3.6%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
6 years agolatest 11%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

0median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 6 cents for every dollar earned.

-5%
12%
-5.9%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

94median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 2.3% a year over 5 years: buybacks
92
5%
-3%
-2.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -5.2% a year, sales -3.6%
97
12%
-2%
-1.6%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

100median 62

Today's operating margin of -1.1% is -0.10x its normal 11%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
-0.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow -1.1%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

6median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA4x a year of EBITDA
11
4.5x
0.5x
4x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest -0x
0
1.5x
12x
-0.2x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

100median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 5.67x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
5.7x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 14.3% of assets
100
8%
0%
-8%
-14%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2025-03-31, latest annual report FY2025.