Deciding which FTSE stocks to buy can be difficult Many of them are household names and are major players in their individual markets Generally speaking their balance sheet strength means they are less likely to deliver earnings surprises This should help ensure greater share price stability And a lot of them pay generous dividends which makes them attractive to income investors Is this FTSE stock a no-brainer buy With a yield P E ratio of and a P B of To sort the best from the rest and to identify which offer the best value for money many investors employ popular valuation techniques I ve been applying some of these to Vodafone to see if the stock s worth buying for my portfolio I have different valuation techniques I use beside the usual ones which of course include market cap debt to equity management consecutive reports etc Let's Crunch the numbers With the words of Mark Twain ringing in my ears it s important to remember there are lies damned lies and statistics https youtu be IDTUxgw zI feature shared The dividend yield for Vodafone the highest on the FTSE is based on its payouts over the past months In March the company announced a cut It s therefore presently November yielding a more modest However this is comfortably above the average for the index of Of course dividends are never guaranteed In contrast it s fair to say that Vodafone s price-to-book P B ratio of is the lowest... Login to read full