Forecast: the Vodafone share price will pass £1 very soon!
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After a fairly nervy start to 2025, UK shares have had an outstanding year. The elite FTSE 100 index is up 21.7% over the past 12 months, while many of its constituent shares have done even better. For example, take the Vodafone Group (LSE: VOD) share price, which has surged strongly since its spring lows.
Volatile Vodafone
Vodafone stock has been a loser for a long time, having lost around two-thirds of its value since end-2013. Over the last five years, this popular and widely held share has lost almost a fifth (−19.1%) of its value, versus a 52.9% gain for the wider FTSE 100.
In January 2023, Vodafone appointed Italian executive Margherita Della Valle — its former chief…
