Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Weigh In On 3 Health Care Stocks With Over 3% 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 health care sector.

Pfizer Inc. PFE

Dividend Yield: 5.66%

• Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Louise Chen reiterated an Overweight rating with a price target of $45 on Sept. 16. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 70%.
• Wells Fargo analyst Mohit Bansal maintained an Equal-Weight rating and raised the price target from $28 to $30 on July 31. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 78%.
• Recent News: Pfizer recently presented positive data from Phase 2 study of Ponsegromab in Patients with cancer cachexia.
• Benzinga Pro's real-time newsfeed alerted to latest PFE news.

CVS Health Corporation CVS

• Dividend Yield: 4.55%
• RBC Capital analyst Ben Hendrix reiterated an Outperform rating with a price target of $68 on Sept. 4. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 74%
• Barclays analyst Andrew Mok maintained an Equal-Weight rating and cut the price target from $65 to $63 on Aug. 8. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 79%.
• Recent News: Wednesday, Oak Street Health, a subsidiary of CVS Health, agreed to settle for $60 million following allegations that it violated the False Claims Act.
• Benzinga Pro’s charting tool helped identify the trend in CVS stock.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD

• Dividend Yield: 3.67%
• RBC Capital analyst Brian Abrahams maintained a Sector Perform rating and raised the price target from $72 to $74 on Sept. 4. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 65%.
• Needham analyst Joseph Stringer reiterated a Hold rating on Aug. 15. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 80%.
• Recent News: Gilead Sciences, last week, revealed the results of an interim analysis from a second Phase 3 trial investigating the use of the company's twice-yearly injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, lenacapavir.
• Benzinga Pro’s signals feature notified of a potential breakout in GILD shares.

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