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 financials sector.
Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC)
- Dividend Yield: 5.47%
- Wells Fargo analyst Elyse Greenspan maintained an Equal-Weight rating and raised the price target from $28 to $29 on Oct. 10. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 75%.
- Barclays analyst Alex Scott maintained an Equal-Weight rating and raised the price target from $35 to $36 on Oct. 8. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 66%.
- Recent News: On Oct. 31, Lincoln National posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
- Benzinga Pro's real-time newsfeed alerted to latest LNC news.
Heritage Commerce Corp (NASDAQ:HTBK)
- Dividend Yield: 5.44%
- Piper Sandler analyst Andrew Liesch maintained an Overweight rating and raised the price target from $10 to $12 on July 26. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 78%.
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Wood Lay maintained an Outperform rating and increased the price target from $10.5 to $11.5 on July 26. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 62%.
- Recent News: On Oct. 24, Heritage Commerce posted in-line quarterly earnings.
- Benzinga Pro's real-time newsfeed alerted to latest HTBK news.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ:COLB)
- Dividend Yield: 5.19%
- Truist Securities analyst Brandon King maintained a Hold rating and raised the price target from $28 to $30 on Oct. 28. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 81%.
- RBC Capital analyst Jon Arfstrom maintained a Sector Perform rating and increased the price target from $29 to $31 on Oct. 25. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 79%.
- Recent News: On Oct. 24, Columbia Banking System posted better-than-expected quarterly results.
- Benzinga Pro's charting tool helped identify the trend in COLB stock.
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