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.
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Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yielding stocks in the consumer discretionary sector.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation VAC
- Dividend Yield: 3.10%
- Stifel analyst Simon Yarmak maintained a Buy rating and raised the price target from $115 to $117 on May 7. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 65%.
- Truist Securities analyst Patrick Scholes maintained a Buy rating and boosted the price target from $149 to $159 on March 5. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 72%.
- Recent News: On May 6, Marriott Vacations posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
Tapestry, Inc. TPR
- Dividend Yield: 3.30%
- JP Morgan analyst Matthew Bossmaintained an Overweight rating and cut the price target from $56 to $54 on May 10. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 67%.
- Baird analyst Mark Altschwagermaintained an Outperform rating and slashed the price target from $52 to $50 on May 10. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 67%.
- Recent News: On May 9, Tapestry reported a third-quarter FY24 sales decline of 2% year-on-year to $1.482 billion, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $1.498 billion.
International Game Technology PLC IGT
- Dividend Yield: 3.94%
- Susquehanna analyst Joseph Stauff maintained a Positive rating and cut the price target from $40 to $33 on May 16. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 76%.
- B. Riley Securities analyst David Bainreinstated a Buy rating with a price target of $30 on April 5. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 65%.
- Recent News: On May 14, The company reported first-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 46 cents, beating the analyst consensus of 23 cents. Quarterly sales of $1.067 billion beat the street view of $1.029 billion..
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