These 3 Utilities Stocks With Over 3% Dividend Yields Are Recommended By Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts
These 3 Utilities Stocks With Over 3% Dividend Yields Are Recommended By Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts
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.
在市场动荡和不确定时期，许多投资者转向股息收益率股票。这些公司通常具有较高的自由现金流，并以高额的股息支付来奖励股东。
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Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yielding stocks in the utilities sector.
以下是最准确的分析师对公用事业板块三只高收益股票的评级。
Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)
基本公用事业公司（纽约证券交易所代码：WTRG）
- Dividend Yield: 3.12%
- Baird analyst Ben Kallo maintained an Outperform rating and cut the price target from $44 to $43 on May 6. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 64%.
- Evercore ISI Group analyst Durgesh Chopra maintained an Outperform rating and cut the price target from $51 to $42 on March 4. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 63%.
- Recent News: On May 2, Essential Utilities posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
- 股息收益率：3.12%
- 贝尔德分析师本·卡洛维持跑赢大盘的评级，并于5月6日将目标股价从44美元下调至43美元。这位分析师的准确率为64％。
- Evercore ISI集团分析师杜尔格什·乔普拉维持跑赢大盘的评级，并于3月4日将目标股价从51美元下调至42美元。这位分析师的准确率为63％。
- 最新消息：5月2日，基本公用事业公布的季度收益好于预期。
The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES)
AES 公司（纽约证券交易所代码：AES）
- Dividend Yield: 3.21%
- Mizuho analyst Anthony Crowdellinitiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and a price target of $21 on April 18. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 64%.
- RBC Capital analyst Shelby Tuckerreiterated an Outperform rating with a price target of $22 on April 9. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 66%.
- Recent News: On May 15, AES agreed to sell its equity interest in AES Brasil to Auren Energia for $640 million.
- 股息收益率：3.21%
- 瑞穗分析师安东尼·克劳德利于4月18日启动了对该股的报道，评级为买入，目标股价为21美元。这位分析师的准确率为64％。
- 加拿大皇家银行资本分析师谢尔比·塔克在4月9日重申了跑赢大盘的评级，目标股价为22美元。这位分析师的准确率为66％。
- 最新消息：5月15日，AES同意以6.4亿美元的价格将其在AES Brasil的股权出售给Auren Energia。
The Southern Company (NYSE:SO)
南方公司（纽约证券交易所代码：SO）
- Dividend Yield: 3.63%
- Mizuho analyst Anthony Crowdell maintained a Buy rating and increased the price target from $73 to $76 on April 2. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 64%.
- BMO Capital analyst JamesThalackerreiterated an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $72 to $76 on April 1. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 69%.
- Recent News: On May 2, Southern Company reported a first-quarter 2024 operating revenue decline of 2.6% year-over-year to $6.646 billion, missing the consensus of $6.558 billion.
- 股息收益率：3.63%
- 瑞穗分析师安东尼·克劳德尔维持买入评级，并在4月2日将目标股价从73美元上调至76美元。这位分析师的准确率为64％。
- BMO Capital分析师詹姆斯塔拉克重申了跑赢大盘的评级，并于4月1日将目标股价从72美元上调至76美元。这位分析师的准确率为69％。
- 最新消息：5月2日，南方公司报告称，2024年第一季度营业收入同比下降2.6％，至66.46亿美元，未达到65.58亿美元的共识。
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