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 six months.
#1 - Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO)
- Dividend Yield
- 7.63%
- Consensus Rating
- Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.4
- Ratings Breakdown
- 7 Buy Ratings, 3 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $73.00 (33.6% Upside)
About Rio Tinto Group
Rio Tinto Group engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide. The company operates through Iron Ore, Aluminium, Copper, and Minerals Segments. The Iron Ore segment engages in the iron ore mining, and salt and gypsum production in Western Australia. The Aluminum segment is involved in bauxite mining; alumina refining; and aluminium smelting.
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#2 - Franklin BSP Realty Trust (NYSE:FBRT)
- Dividend Yield
- 11.2%
- Consensus Rating
- Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.3
- Ratings Breakdown
- 7 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $15.50 (30.0% Upside)
About Franklin BSP Realty Trust
Benefit Street Partners operates as a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). BSP earns income from investing in a leveraged portfolio of residential mortgage pass-through securities consisting almost exclusively of adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) securities issued and guaranteed by government-sponsored enterprises, either Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (together, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)), or by an agency of the federal government, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae).
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- Dividend Yield
- 2.55%
- Consensus Rating
- Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.3
- Ratings Breakdown
- 4 Buy Ratings, 1 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $55.50 (46.0% Upside)
About PHINIA
PHINIA Inc engages in the development, design, and manufacture of integrated components and systems that optimize performance, increase efficiency, and reduce emissions in combustion and hybrid propulsion for commercial and light vehicles, and industrial applications. The company operates through Fuel Systems and Aftermarket segments.
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#4 - Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR)
- Dividend Yield
- 4.34%
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.2
- Ratings Breakdown
- 11 Buy Ratings, 3 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $28.10 (20.1% Upside)
About Equinor ASA
Equinor ASA, an energy company, engages in the exploration, production, transportation, refining, and marketing of petroleum and other forms of energy in Norway and internationally. It operates through Exploration & Production Norway; Exploration & Production International; Exploration & Production USA; Marketing, Midstream & Processing; Renewables; and Other segments.
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#5 - Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV)
- Dividend Yield
- 3.12%
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 3 Buy Ratings, 2 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $9.97 (14.0% Upside)
About Telefônica Brasil
Telefônica 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.
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- Dividend Yield
- 5.32%
- Consensus Rating
- Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 7 Buy Ratings, 1 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $18.04 (17.8% Upside)
About NETSTREIT
NETSTREIT Corp. is an internally managed real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Dallas, Texas that specializes in acquiring single-tenant net lease retail properties nationwide. The growing portfolio consists of high-quality properties leased to e-commerce resistant tenants with healthy balance sheets.
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#7 - Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG)
- Dividend Yield
- 3.77%
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 9 Buy Ratings, 3 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $78.00 (13.4% Upside)
About Regency Centers
Regency Centers is a preeminent national owner, operator, and developer of shopping centers located in suburban trade areas with compelling demographics. Our portfolio includes thriving properties merchandised with highly productive grocers, restaurants, service providers, and best-in-class retailers that connect to their neighborhoods, communities, and customers.
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#8 - Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NASDAQ:SEI)
- Dividend Yield
- 2.61%
- Consensus Rating
- Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 6 Buy Ratings, 0 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $45.75 (188.2% Upside)
About Solaris Energy Infrastructure
Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture of patented mobile proppant management systems that unload, store, and deliver proppant to oil and natural gas well sites. Its products include Mobile Proppant and Mobile Chemical Management Systems, and Inventory Management Software.
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#9 - Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI)
- Dividend Yield
- 2.71%
- Consensus Rating
- Hold
- Rating Score
- 3.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 2 Buy Ratings, 4 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $17.20 (13.8% Downside)
About Gold Fields
Gold Fields Limited operates as a gold producer with reserves and resources in Chile, South Africa, Ghana, Canada, Australia, and Peru. It also explores for copper and silver deposits. The company was founded in 1887 and is based in Sandton, South Africa.
#10 - Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO)
- Dividend Yield
- 3.39%
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 11 Buy Ratings, 2 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $152.67 (45.9% Upside)
About Valero Energy
Valero Energy Corporation manufactures, markets, and sells petroleum-based and low-carbon liquid transportation fuels and petrochemical products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Refining, Renewable Diesel, and Ethanol.
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- Dividend Yield
- 7.33%
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 8 Buy Ratings, 1 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $54.00 (11.3% Upside)
About Mplx
MPLX LP engages in the operation of midstream energy infrastructure and logistics assets, and distribution fuels services. It operates through the Logistics and Storage (L&S) and Gathering and Processing (G&P) segments. The Logistics and Storage segment transports, stores, distributes, and markets crude oil, asphalt, refined petroleum products, and water.
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- Dividend Yield
- 3.92%
- Consensus Rating
- Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.1
- Ratings Breakdown
- 13 Buy Ratings, 1 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $80.10 (24.9% Upside)
About Shell
Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure to deliver gas to market.
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- Dividend Yield
- 4.06%
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.0
- Ratings Breakdown
- 3 Buy Ratings, 7 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $43.25 (18.5% Upside)
About GSK
GSK plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, and manufacture of vaccines, and specialty and general medicines to prevent and treat disease in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Commercial Operations and Total R&D.
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#14 - First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME)
- Dividend Yield
- 3.41%
- Consensus Rating
- Moderate Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.0
- Ratings Breakdown
- 4 Buy Ratings, 1 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $48.20 (35.2% Upside)
About First Merchants
First Merchants Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Merchants Bank that provides community banking services. The company offers a range of financial services, including time, savings, and demand deposits; and consumer, commercial, agri-business, public finance, and real estate mortgage loans.
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#15 - Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM)
- Dividend Yield
- 8.6%
- Consensus Rating
- Buy
- Rating Score
- 3.0
- Ratings Breakdown
- 5 Buy Ratings, 1 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
- Consensus Price Target
- $13.25 (27.0% Upside)
About Rithm Capital
Rithm Capital Corp. operates as an asset manager focused on real estate, credit, and financial services. It operates through Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable, and Asset Management segments. Its investment portfolio primarily comprises of mortgage servicing rights (MSR), and MSR financing receivables, title, appraisal and property preservation, excess MSRs, and services advance investments; real estate securities, call rights, SFR properties, and residential mortgage loans; consumer and business purpose loans; and asset management related investments.
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