Vodafone Shares Fall After German Business Disappoints, Adjusted Earnings Miss Expectations

Dow Jones05-12

By Najat Kantouar

Shares in Vodafone Group fell after the company reported a decline in service revenue in Germany, its biggest market, and adjusted earnings slightly missed expectations.

The U.K. telecommunications company posted adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and after lease expenses of 11.35 billion euros ($13.38 billion) for the year ended March 31, compared with 10.93 billion euros for the same period a year earlier.

Analysts had forecast adjusted Ebitdaal of 11.48 billion euros, according to a company-compiled consensus.

In early trading, London-listed shares were down 3.5% at 1.16 pounds. In the year to date, shares have risen slightly more than 17%.

The share slide reflects the stock's strong run and the lack of any immediate upside surprise in results for the year just ended, or the one just begun, AJ Bell's Russ Mould wrote in a note to clients.

"There may even be some slight disappointment. Growth looks to be stronger at the non-European operations and Vodafone is yet to fully convince that Germany is on track," Mould said.

For the period, group revenue rose to 40.46 billion euros from 37.45 billion euros.

In Germany--which accounts for roughly a third of total revenue--revenue fell to 12.13 billion euros from 12.18 billion euros and organic service revenue declined 0.2%, reflecting a competitive market and the impact of a television law change, the company said.

Write to Najat Kantouar at najat.kantouar@wsj.com

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