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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.

Benzinga readers can review the latest analyst takes on their favorite stocks by visiting our Analyst Stock Ratings page. Traders can sort through Benzinga's extensive database of analyst ratings, including by analyst accuracy. Here's a look at the most recent high-yield dividend stock ratings from the most accurate Wall Street analysts, according to Benzinga's Analyst Stock Ratings.

Above are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yielding stocks in the information technology sector.

Xerox XRX, ADTRAN ADTN, Ericsson ERIC.
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00:00 During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding
00:04 stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders
00:09 with a high dividend payout. Here's a look at the most recent high yield dividend stock
00:13 ratings from the most accurate Wall Street analysts according to Benzinga's analyst stock
00:17 ratings.
00:18 First up is Xerox, ticker XRX, which pays out a dividend yield of 7.49%. JP Morgan analyst
00:26 Submic Chatterjee maintained an underweight rating and cut the price target from $16 to
00:31 $15 on October 25, 2023. The analyst does have an accuracy rate of 72%. In recent news,
00:39 Xerox reported mixed third quarter financial results and cut revenue guidance as well.
00:44 Next we have Atrean, ticker ADTN. Atrean offers a dividend yield of 6.63%. Argus research
00:51 analyst Jim Keller maintained a buy rating and cut the price target from $30 to $16 on
00:57 May 15, 2023. This analyst does have an accuracy rating of 75%. Atrean recently reported mixed
01:04 results for third quarter and also issued fourth quarter revenue guidance below estimates.
01:10 And finally we have Ericsson, ticker ERIC, which offers a dividend yield of 5.47%. JP
01:18 Morgan analyst Sandeep Deshpande maintained an overweight rating and cut the price target
01:22 from $8.30 to $7.78 on October 18, 2023. The analyst has an accuracy rating of 70%. In
01:31 recent news, the company reported a sales decline of 5% year-on-year, which was $5.96
01:37 billion, which missed the consensus of $6.27 billion.
01:41 And remember, Benzinga readers can review the latest analyst takes on their favorite
01:44 stocks by visiting the analyst stocks rating page on Benzinga.com. Traders can sort through
01:49 Benzinga's extensive database of analyst ratings, included by analyst accuracy, to
01:54 help them make better trading and investment decisions.

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