Vodafone Group Plc VOD

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
45/100
Developing

Ranked against 59 peers in Telecom Services

About Vodafone Group Plc

Vodafone Group Public Limited Company provides telecommunication services in Germany, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Turkey, and South Africa. It offers mobile and fixed services; connectivity business solutions, such as digital services, the Internet of Things (IoT) and financial services; and IoT platforms. The company also provides cloud, multi-cloud, and edge computing solutions; M-PESA, an African mobile money platform … Full VOD analysis →

Key strengths

  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.80).
  • Cash Generation Consistent Cash generation is consistent (score 0.80), indicating reliable business model.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 7.0th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.29), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where VOD ranks in Telecom Services

Vodafone Group Plc ranks #29 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score — the top 52%. The widest moat in the group is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
25 Crexendo, Inc. CXDO 50/100 Developing
26 Globalstar, Inc. GSAT 49/100 Developing
27 uCloudlink Group Inc. UCL 49/100 Developing
28 Telefonica SA TEF 47/100 Developing
29 Vodafone Group Plc VOD 45/100 Developing
30 Grupo Televisa S.A.B. TV 44/100 Developing
31 ATN International, Inc. ATNI 43/100 Developing
32 Gogo Inc. GOGO 43/100 Developing
33 Sify Technologies Limited - Ame SIFY 43/100 Developing

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How VOD scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 31 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 59 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 68 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 31 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 62 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 22 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding VOD's moat

What is Vodafone Group Plc's moat score?

Vodafone Group Plc (VOD) scores 45 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #29 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services, the top 52%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 59 companies in Telecom Services. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (68/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (22/100).

How does Vodafone Group Plc compare with other Telecom Services companies?

Vodafone Group Plc ranks #29 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score. The widest moat in Telecom Services is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are Telefonica SA (TEF) at 47 just above it and Grupo Televisa S.A.B. (TV) at 44 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 59 companies in Telecom Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Vodafone Group Plc scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Vodafone Group Plc?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and VOD scores: Pricing Power (31), Cost Advantage (59), Customer Stickiness (68), Capital Efficiency (31), Resilience (62), Scale & Market Position (22). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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