Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, U.K. mobile giant Vodafone Group (Nasdaq: VOD) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Vodafone's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Vodafone facts

Headquarters (Founded) Newbury, U.K. (1984)
Market Cap $143.4 billion
Industry Wireless telecom services
Trailing-12-Month Revenue $73.8 billion
Management

CEO Vittorio Colao (since 2008)

CFO Andrew Halford (since 2005)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years) 7.5%
Cash/Debt $11.14 billion / $61.56 billion
Dividend Yield 5.1%
Competitors

AT&T (NYSE: T)

Telefonica (NYSE: TEF)

France Telecom (NYSE: FTE)

Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 95.5% of the 1,173 members who have rated Vodafone believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include cothron88 and Sparkynet.

Just last month, cothron88 tapped Vodafone as a particularly special income opportunity:

A beast in the service provider market throughout the world with a 45% share of Verizon [Wireless]. Huge dividend, along with special dividends coming in from [Verizon Wireless]. Awesome dividend play.

Over the next five years, Vodafone is even expected to grow its bottom line at a solid rate of 15% annually. That's much faster than competitors like AT&T (4%) and France Telecom (1%), let alone Telefonica's expected average decline of 0.05%.

CAPS member Sparkynet elaborates on the bull case:

World's largest (by revenue) mobile telecommunications company. ...
Growth through acquisition. Slow and steady.
They own [45%] of Verizon Wireless. Expecting huge dividend payment soon.
They have presence in every continent except Antarctica.
They've exited China and concentrating on Asia, Eastern Europe, India.
Average target prices approximately 25% above current price.

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