during times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets many investors turn to dividendyielding 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 benzingas extensive database of analyst ratings including by analyst accuracy heres a look at the most recent highyield dividend stock ratings from the most accurate wall street analysts according to benzingas analyst stock ratings below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three highyielding stocks in the utilities sector   barclays analyst theresa chen maintained an underweight rating and cut the price target from 40 to 37 on april 18 2023 this analyst has an accuracy rate of 71   wells fargo analyst sarah akers maintained an equalweight rating and raised the price target from 41 to 42 on jan 10 2023 this analyst has an accuracy rate of 69   oppenheimer analyst noah kaye maintained an outperform rating and cut the price target from 41 to 40 on feb 24 2023 this analyst has an accuracy rate of 77   b of a securities analyst julien dumoulinsmith downgraded the stock from buy to neutral and slashed the price target from 43 to 40 on sept 19 2022 this analyst has an accuracy rate of 69   b of a securities analyst julien dumoulinsmith maintained an underperform rating and cut the price target from 37 to 34 on april 3 2023 this analyst has an accuracy rate of 69   wells fargo analyst neil kalton maintained an equalweight rating and cut the price target from 48 to 43 on feb 23 2023 this analyst has an accuracy rate of 71 read more traders more optimistic following feds rate decision