Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Say Buy These 3 Health Care Stocks With Over 3% Dividend Yields
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During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, even when markets are at all-time highs, 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 health care sector.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)
- Dividend Yield: 5.81%
- Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Louise Chen reiterated an Overweight rating with a price target of $45 on July 10. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 70%.
- BMO Capital analyst Evan David Seigerman reiterated an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $33 to $36 on May 2. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 70%.
- Recent News: On July 11, Pfizer announced it selected its preferred once-daily modified release formulation for danuglipron, an oral glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist.
- Benzinga Pro's real-time newsfeed alerted to latest Pfizer's news
CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)
- Dividend Yield: 4.51%
- Argus Research analyst Chris Graja maintained a Buy rating and cut the price target from $100 to $80 on May 8. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 70%.
- Truist Securities analyst David Macdonald reiterated a Buy rating and lowered the price target from $90 to $66 on May 2. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 71%.
- Recent News: CVS Health said it will report second-quarter financial results on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
- Benzinga Pro's charting tool helped identify the trend in CVS stock.
Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT)
- Dividend Yield: 3.59%
- Wells Fargo analyst Larry Biegelsen maintained an Overweight rating and raised the price target from $102 to $105 on May 24. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 73%.
- Mizuho analyst Anthony Petrone maintained a Buy rating and increased the price target from $95 to $98 on Feb. 21. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 65%.
- Recent News: On June 26, Medtronic announced the resignation of EVP and CFO Karen Parkhill.
- Benzinga Pro's signals feature notified of a potential breakout in Medtronic's shares.
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