During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.
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Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yielding stocks in the communication services sector.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ)
- Dividend Yield: 6.59%
- Scotiabank analyst Maher Yaghi maintained a Sector Perform rating and cut the price target from $47.25 to $47 on Oct. 23. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 71%.
- UBS analyst John Hodulik maintained a Neutral rating and raised the price target from $43 to $44 on Oct. 23. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 73%.
- Recent News: Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (NASDAQ:FYBR) announced that its stockholders approved the acquisition by Verizon at its special meeting held on Nov. 13.
- Benzinga Pro's real-time newsfeed alerted to latest VZ news.
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)
- Dividend Yield: 4.98%
- Wells Fargo analyst Eric Luebchow maintained an Overweight rating and cut the price target from $25 to $24 on Oct. 24. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 69%.
- Tigress Financial analyst Ivan Feinseth maintained a Buy rating and raised the price target from $29 to $30 on Sept. 27. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 69%.
- Recent News: On Nov. 7, United States Cellular Corp (NYSE:USM) agreed with AT&T to sell a portion of its retained spectrum licenses for $1.018 billion.
- Benzinga Pro's real-time newsfeed alerted to latest T news.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXST)
- Dividend Yield: 4.07%
- Barrington Research analyst James Goss maintained an Outperform rating with a price target of $200 on Oct. 12. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 65%.
- Benchmark analyst Daniel Kurnos reiterated a Buy rating with a price target of $215 on Oct. 8. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 76%.
- Recent News: On Nov. 13, the company appointed Bill Sammon as Senior Vice President of Washington, D.C., Editorial Content for The Hill and NewsNation.
- Benzinga Pro's charting tool helped identify the trend in NXST stock.
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