Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Weigh In On 3 Real Estate Stocks With Over 7% Dividend Yields

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Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yielding stocks in the real estate sector.

Uniti Group Inc. UNIT 

Dividend Yield: 13.76%

RBC Capital analyst Bora Lee reiterated a Sector Perform rating with a price target of $61 on March 25. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 61%.

B of A Securities analyst David Barden downgraded the stock from Neutral to Underperform and cut the price target from $5 to $3.5 on Nov. 7, 2023. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 67%.

Recent News: On Aug. 1, Uniti Group posted downbeat quarterly earnings

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Clipper Realty Inc. CLPR

Dividend Yield: 7.97%

Raymond James analyst Buck Horne downgraded the stock from Outperform to Underperform on April 15. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 72%.

JMP Securities analyst Aaron Hecht downgraded the stock from Market Outperform to Market Perform on April 11. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 61%.

Recent News: On Aug. 1, Clipper Realty reported better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and FFO results.

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Easterly Government Properties, Inc. DEA 

Dividend Yield: 7.90%

Truist Securities analyst Michael Lewis maintained a Hold rating and cut the price target from $14 to $13 on March 7. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 70%.

RBC Capital analyst Michael Carroll downgraded the stock from Sector Perform to Underperform and slashed the price target from $15 to $13 on Aug. 16, 2023. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 63%.

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