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The Top-Rated Dividend Stocks for 2023

MarketBeat tracks approximately 250,000 analyst recommendations each year and tracks more than 15,000 securities around the globe that pay dividends.

This slide show lists the 15 dividend-paying stocks that also have the highest average analyst recommendations from Wall Street's equities research analysts over the last 12 months.

#1 - Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV)

Dividend Yield
3.02%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score
3.2
Ratings Breakdown
1 Buy Ratings, 2 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$10.97 (21.7% Upside)

About Telefônica Brasil

Telefônica Brasil logoTelefônica Brasil SA, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a mobile telecommunications company in Brazil. Its fixed line services portfolio includes local, domestic long-distance, and international long-distance calls; and mobile portfolio comprises voice and broadband internet access through 3G, 4G, 4.5G, and 5G, as well as mobile value-added and wireless roaming services. Read More 
 
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#2 - Reckitt Benckiser Group (OTCMKTS:RBGLY)

Dividend Yield
3.2%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
3.2
Ratings Breakdown
3 Buy Ratings, 3 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.

About Reckitt Benckiser Group

Reckitt Benckiser Group logoReckitt Benckiser Group plc manufactures and sells health, hygiene, and nutrition products worldwide. It offers acne treatment creams, facial washes, and cleansing pads; germ protection products; condoms; heartburn and indigestion solutions; joints health products; chest congestion, cough, and sinus remedies; brain health products; migraine-headaches and rheumatic pain products; sore throat medications; and hair removal products under the Airborne, Clearasil, Dettol, Durex, Gaviscon, Move Free, Neuriva, Nurofen, Mucinex, Strepsils, and Veet brands. Read More 
 
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#3 - Mplx (NYSE:MPLX)

Dividend Yield
8.32%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
3.2
Ratings Breakdown
8 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$48.00 (4.5% Upside)

About Mplx

Mplx logoMPLX LP owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and logistics assets primarily in the United States. It operates in two segments, Logistics and Storage, and Gathering and Processing. The company is involved in the gathering, processing, and transportation of natural gas; gathering, transportation, fractionation, storage, and marketing of natural gas liquids; gathering, storage, transportation, and distribution of crude oil and refined products, as well as other hydrocarbon-based products and renewables; and sale of residue gas and condensate. Read More 
 
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#4 - Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD)

Dividend Yield
6.9%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score
3.1
Ratings Breakdown
10 Buy Ratings, 1 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$34.00 (11.1% Upside)

About Enterprise Products Partners

Enterprise Products Partners logoEnterprise Products Partners L.P. provides midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, petrochemicals, and refined products. It operates in four segments: NGL Pipelines & Services, Crude Oil Pipelines & Services, Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, and Petrochemical & Refined Products Services. Read More 
 
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#5 - Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM)

Dividend Yield
2.5%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score
3.1
Ratings Breakdown
6 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$129.80 (13.6% Upside)

About Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain logoIron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a global leader in information management services. Founded in 1951 and trusted by more than 240,000 customers worldwide, Iron Mountain serves to protect and elevate the power of our customers' work. Through a range of offerings including digital transformation, data centers, secure records storage, information management, asset lifecycle management, secure destruction and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps businesses bring light to their dark data, enabling customers to unlock value and intelligence from their stored digital and physical assets at speed and with security, while helping them meet their environmental goals.
 
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#6 - Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR)

Dividend Yield
7.71%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
3.1
Ratings Breakdown
5 Buy Ratings, 1 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$13.33 (13.5% Upside)

About Ladder Capital

Ladder Capital logoLadder Capital Corp operates as an internally-managed real estate investment trust in the United States. It operates through three segments: Loans, Securities, and Real Estate. The Loans segment originates conduit first mortgage loans that are secured by cash-flowing commercial real estate; and originates and invests in balance sheet first mortgage loans secured by commercial real estate properties that are undergoing transition, including lease-up, sell-out, and renovation or repositioning. Read More 
 
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#7 - Sysco (NYSE:SYY)

Dividend Yield
2.64%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
3.1
Ratings Breakdown
11 Buy Ratings, 2 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$85.77 (13.5% Upside)

About Sysco

Sysco logoSysco Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and distribution of various food and related products to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and internationally. It operates through U.S. Foodservice Operations, International Foodservice Operations, SYGMA, and Other segments. Read More 
 
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#8 - NiSource (NYSE:NI)

Dividend Yield
2.93%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score
3.0
Ratings Breakdown
8 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$37.50 (3.5% Upside)

About NiSource

NiSource logoNiSource Inc, an energy holding company, operates as a regulated natural gas and electric utility company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Gas Distribution Operations and Electric Operations. The company distributes natural gas to approximately 3.3 million customers through approximately 55,000 miles of distribution main pipeline and the associated individual customer service lines; and 1,000 miles of transmission main pipeline in northern Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Maryland. Read More 
 
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#9 - Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET)

Dividend Yield
7.57%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score
3.0
Ratings Breakdown
8 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$20.00 (16.5% Upside)

About Energy Transfer

Energy Transfer logoEnergy Transfer LP provides energy-related services. The company owns and operates natural gas transportation pipeline, and natural gas storage facilities in Texas and Oklahoma; and approximately 20,090 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline. It also sells natural gas to electric utilities, independent power plants, local distribution and other marketing companies, and industrial end-users. Read More 
 
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#10 - Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ)

Dividend Yield
2.83%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score
3.0
Ratings Breakdown
16 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$80.31 (22.1% Upside)

About Mondelez International

Mondelez International logoMondelez International, Inc, through its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and sells snack food and beverage products in the Latin America, North America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It provides biscuits and baked snacks, including cookies, crackers, salted snacks, snack bars, and cakes and pastries; chocolates; and gums and candies, as well as various cheese and grocery, and powdered beverage products. Read More 
 
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#11 - Opera (NASDAQ:OPRA)

Dividend Yield
4.25%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score
3.0
Ratings Breakdown
4 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$24.75 (35.2% Upside)

About Opera

Opera logoOpera Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile and PC web browsers and related products and services in Norway and internationally. The company offers mobile browser products, such as Opera Mini, Opera browser for Android and iOS, and Opera GX for PCs and Mobile; Opera Touch; PC browsers, including Opera for Computers and Opera GX; Apex Football; Opera VPN Pro; and Opera News, an AI-powered personalized news discovery and aggregation service. Read More 
 
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#12 - Sixth Street Specialty Lending (NYSE:TSLX)

Dividend Yield
9.03%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score
3.0
Ratings Breakdown
6 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$22.00 (8.6% Upside)

About Sixth Street Specialty Lending

Sixth Street Specialty Lending logoSixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc (NYSE: TSLX) is a business development company. The fund provides senior secured loans (first-lien, second-lien, and unitranche), unsecured loans, mezzanine debt, and investments in corporate bonds and equity securities and structured products, non-control structured equity, and common equity with a focus on co-investments for organic growth, acquisitions, market or product expansion, restructuring initiatives, recapitalizations, and refinancing. Read More 
 
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#13 - Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT)

Dividend Yield
3.03%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
3.0
Ratings Breakdown
6 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$19.57 (6.3% Downside)

About Independence Realty Trust

Independence Realty Trust logoIndependence Realty Trust, Inc (NYSE: IRT) is a real estate investment trust that owns and operates multifamily communities, across non-gateway U.S. markets including Atlanta, GA, Dallas, TX, Denver, CO, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Raleigh-Durham, NC, Oklahoma City, OK, Nashville, TN, Houston, TX, and Tampa, FL. Read More 
 
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#14 - BHP Group (NYSE:BHP)

Dividend Yield
5.57%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
3.0
Ratings Breakdown
3 Buy Ratings, 3 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$68.00 (31.0% Upside)

About BHP Group

BHP Group logoBHP Group Limited operates as a resources company in Australia, Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, the rest of Asia, North America, South America, and internationally. The company operates through Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal segments. It engages in the mining of copper, uranium, gold, zinc, lead, molybdenum, silver, iron ore, cobalt, and metallurgical and energy coal. Read More 
 
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#15 - Chartwell Retirement Residences (TSE:CSH.UN)

Dividend Yield
4.05%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score
3.0
Ratings Breakdown
6 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
C$16.50 (4.7% Upside)

About Chartwell Retirement Residences

Chartwell Retirement Residences logoChartwell is in the business of serving and caring for Canada's seniors, committed to its vision of Making People's Lives BETTER and to providing a happier, healthier, and more fulfilling life experience for its residents. Chartwell is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate trust which indirectly owns and operates a complete range of seniors housing communities, from independent living through to assisted living and long term care. Read More 
 
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