Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Give Their Take On 3 Consumer Stocks With Over 6% Dividend Yields

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.

Kohl’s Corporation KSS

• Dividend Yield: 8.75%
• JP Morgan analyst Matthew Boss maintained a Neutral rating and cut the price target from $25 to $20 on May 31. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 68%.
• Baird analyst Mark Altschwager maintained an Outperform rating and cut the price target from $32 to $27 on May 31. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 70%.
• Recent News: On May 30, the company reported a first-quarter FY24 sales decline of 5.3% year-on-year to $3.178 billion, missing the analyst consensus estimate of $3.335 billion.
• Benzinga Pro's real-time newsfeed alerted to latest Kohl’s news

Whirlpool Corporation WHR

• Dividend Yield: 7.74%
• RBC Capital analyst Mike Dahl maintained an Underperform rating and cut the price target from $85 to $79 on April 26. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 75%.
• JP Morgan analyst Michael Rehaut maintained a Neutral rating and slashed the price target from $120 to $111 on Feb. 2. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 74%.
• Recent News: On April 24, Whirlpool posted better-than-expected quarterly results.
• Benzinga Pro's charting tool helped identify the trend in Whirlpool's stock.

The Wendy’s Company WEN

• Dividend Yield: 6.00%
• TD Cowen analyst Andrew Charles reiterated a Hold rating with a price target of $19 on June 13. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 73%.
• JP Morgan analyst JohnIvankoemaintained a Neutral rating and raised the price target from $19 to $20 on June 3. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 72%.
• Recent News: On May 23, Wendy’s announced the appointment of Abigail Pringle to the newly-created role of President, U.S. and E.J. Wunsch to President, International.
• Benzinga Pro's signals feature notified of a potential breakout in Wendy’s shares.

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