Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Give Their Take On 3 Health Care Stocks Delivering High-Dividend Yields

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 health care sector.

CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS)

• Dividend Yield: 4.01%
• Truist Securities analyst David Macdonald maintained a Buy rating and raised the price target from $60 to $76 on Feb. 13, 2025. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 65%.
• Leerink Partners analyst Michael Cherny upgraded the stock from Market Perform to Outperform and boosted the price target from $55 to $75 on Feb. 13, 2025. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 61%.
• Recent News: On March 4, Wellvana and CVS Health disclosed that Wellvana has acquired the Medicare Shared Savings Program business of CVS Accountable Care™, part of CVS Health, in an all-stock transaction.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY)

• Dividend Yield: 4.06%
• Wells Fargo analyst Mohit Bansal maintained an Equal-Weight rating and raised the price target from $60 to $62 on Feb. 7, 2025. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 74%.
• Citigroup analyst Andrew Baum maintained a Neutral rating and boosted the price target from $60 to $65 on Jan. 28, 2025. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 72%.
• Recent News: On March 7, the European Commission (EC) approved Bristol Myers Squibb's Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver cancer.
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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)

• Dividend Yield: 2.98%
• Guggenheim analyst Vamil Divan maintained a Neutral rating and raised the price target from $162 to $166 on Feb. 3, 2025. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 76%.
• Barclays analyst Matt Miksic maintained an Equal-Weight rating and increased the price target from $159 to $166 on Jan. 28, 2025. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 69%.
• Recent News: On March 7, Johnson & Johnson decided to discontinue the Phase 3 VENTURA development program evaluating aticaprant, a kappa opioid receptor (KOR) antagonist, as an adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder (aMDD).
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