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.
Benzinga readers can review the latest analyst takes on their favorite stocks by visiting our Analyst Stock Ratings page. Traders can sort through Benzinga's extensive database of analyst ratings, including by analyst accuracy.
Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yielding stocks in the consumer staples sector.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALM)
- Dividend Yield: 3.30%
- Stephens & Co. analyst Ben Beinvenu reiterated an Equal-Weight rating with a price target of $65 on April 3, 2024. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 75%.
- Goldman Sachs analyst Adam Samuelson maintained a Sell rating and increased the price target from $42 to $47 on March 12, 2024. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 66%.
- Recent News: On April 4, Cal-Maine Foods said Jeff Hardin, Senior Vice President of Sales, is retiring from his position with the Company, effective July 23, 2024.
Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO)
- Dividend Yield: 9.01%
- Stifel analyst Matthew Smithreiterated a Buy rating with a price target of $50 on March 25. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 64%.
- Morgan Stanley analyst Pamela Kaufman reiterated an Equal-Weight rating with a price target of $45 on July 18, 2023. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 68%.
- Recent News: On April 25, Altria Group reported a first-quarter FY24 sales decline of 2.5% year-on-year to $5.58 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $4.71 billion.
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:WBA)
- Dividend Yield: 5.79%
- UBS analyst Kevin Caliendomaintained a Neutral rating and cut the price target from $25 to $22 on April 3. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 74%.
- Morgan Stanley analyst Erin Wright maintained an Underweight rating and lowered the price target from $21 to $20 on April 1. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 73%.
- Recent News: On April 24, DoorDash and Walgreens announced a new collaboration to offer SNAP/EBT payment at nearly 7,800 Walgreens stores across the country.
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在市場動盪和不確定時期，許多投資者轉向股息收益率股票。這些公司通常具有較高的自由現金流，並以高額的股息支付來獎勵股東。
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以下是消費必需品行業三隻高收益股票的最準確分析師的評級。
加州緬因食品公司（納斯達克股票代碼：CALM）
- 股息收益率：3.30%
- 斯蒂芬斯公司分析師本·貝因努在2024年4月3日重申了同等權重評級，目標股價爲65美元。該分析師的準確率爲75％。
- 高盛分析師亞當·薩繆爾森維持賣出評級，並於2024年3月12日將目標股價從42美元上調至47美元。這位分析師的準確率爲66％。
- 最新消息：4月4日，加州緬因食品公司表示，銷售高級副總裁傑夫·哈丁將從公司的職位上退休，自2024年7月23日起生效。
奧馳亞集團有限公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：MO）
- 股息收益率：9.01%
- Stifel分析師馬修·史密斯在3月25日重申了買入評級，目標股價爲50美元。這位分析師的準確率爲64％。
- 摩根士丹利分析師帕梅拉·考夫曼在2023年7月18日重申了同等權重評級，目標股價爲45美元。該分析師的準確率爲68％。
- 最新消息：4月25日，奧馳亞集團報告稱，24財年第一季度的銷售額同比下降2.5％，至55.8億美元，超過了分析師共識估計的47.1億美元。
沃爾格林靴子聯盟有限公司（納斯達克股票代碼：WBA）
- 股息收益率：5.79%
- 瑞銀分析師凱文·卡利恩多維持中性評級，並於4月3日將目標股價從25美元下調至22美元。這位分析師的準確率爲74％。
- 摩根士丹利分析師艾琳·賴特維持減持評級，並於4月1日將目標股價從21美元下調至20美元。這位分析師的準確率爲73％。
- 最新消息：4月24日，DoorDash和Walgreens宣佈了一項新的合作，將在全國近7,800家沃爾格林門店提供SNAP/EBT付款。
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