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Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Spotlight On 3 Financial Stocks With Over 15% Dividend Yields
Benzinga·04/17/2025 11:09:25
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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 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 financial sector.
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY)
- Dividend Yield: 15.88%
- JP Morgan analyst Richard Shane maintained an Overweight rating and cut the price target from $21 to $19 on April 16, 2025. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 67%.
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Bose George maintained an Outperform rating and cut the price target from $21 to $20.15 on April 8, 2025. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 70%.
- Recent News: Annaly Capital Management will release its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, after the closing bell on Wednesday, April 30.
- Benzinga Pro’s real-time newsfeed alerted to latest NLY news.
PennantPark Investment Corporation (NYSE:PNNT)
- Dividend Yield: 15.48%
- Ladenburg Thalmann analyst Mickey Schleien downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral on Nov. 27, 2024. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 64%.
- Compass Point analyst Casey Alexander upgraded the stock from Sell to Neutral with a price target of $6 on Sept. 9, 2024. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 66%.
- Recent News: PennantPark Investment will report results for the second fiscal quarter on Monday, May 12, after the close of the financial markets.
- Benzinga Pro's real-time newsfeed alerted to latest PNNT news
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:NYMT)
- Dividend Yield: 15.01%
- UBS analyst Douglas Harter maintained a Neutral rating and cut the price target from $7.5 to $6 on May 8, 2024. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 68%.
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Bose George maintained a Market Perform rating and cut the price target from $8.5 to $7 on May 3, 2024. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 70%.
- Recent News: New York Mortgage Trust will report financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 after the closing bell on April 30.
- Benzinga Pro’s real-time newsfeed alerted to latest NYMT news
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