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.
Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO)
- Dividend Yield: 8.46%
- Stifel analyst Matthew Smith reiterated a Buy rating with a price target of $50 on March 25. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 65%.
- 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.
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM)
- Dividend Yield: 5.19%
- Stifel analyst Matthew Smith maintained a Buy rating and boosted the price target from $108 to $115 on April 24. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 65%.
- Argus Research analyst David Colemandowngraded the stock from Buy to Hold on March 5. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 62%.
- Recent News: On April 23, Philip Morris International reported first-quarter FY24 sales growth of 9.7% year-on-year to $8.793 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $8.468 billion..
Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR)
- Dividend Yield: 3.95%
- Barclays analyst Lauren Lieberman maintained an Overweight rating and cut the price target from $32 to $31 on May 9. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 62%.
- Morgan Stanley analyst Dara Mohsenianupgraded the stock from Underweight to Equal-Weight with a price target of $33 on May 8. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 74%.
- Recent News: On May 7, Energizer Hldgs posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
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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。
奧馳亞集團有限公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：MO）
- 股息收益率：8.46%
- 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。該分析師的準確率爲65％。
- 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。
菲利普·莫里斯國際公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：PM）
- 股息收益率：5.19%
- Stifel分析師馬修·史密斯維持買入評級，並於4月24日將目標股價從108美元上調至115美元。該分析師的準確率爲65％。
- 阿格斯研究分析師戴維·科爾曼於3月5日將該股的評級從買入下調至持有。這位分析師的準確率爲62％。
- 最新消息：4月23日，菲利普·莫里斯國際公佈24財年第一季度銷售額同比增長9.7％，達到87.93億美元，超過了分析師共識估計的84.68億美元。
Energizer Holdings, Inc.（紐約證券交易所代碼：ENR）
- 股息收益率：3.95%
- 巴克萊分析師勞倫·利伯曼維持增持評級，並於5月9日將目標股價從32美元下調至31美元。這位分析師的準確率爲62％。
- 摩根士丹利分析師達拉·莫塞尼安於5月8日將該股從減持上調至同等權重，目標股價爲33美元。這位分析師的準確率爲74％。
- 最新消息：5月7日，Energizer Hldgs公佈的季度收益好於預期。
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