Top Wall Street analysts like these 3 dividend stocks for enhanced returns

On May 13, 2025, Illinois sits in front of a McDonald’s restaurant in Chicago.
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S&P broke a new record on Friday, but macro uncertainties continued. Investors may want to see stocks that pay dividends as a way to increase returns in the event of wavy markets.
Top Wall Wall Street analysts can help investors select attractive dividend stocks after examining the stock choices of the stock choices after an in -depth analysis of a company’s foundations and continuous ability to produce solid cash flows to pay dividends.
Here are three stocks paying dividendsemphasized Wall Street’s best professionalsas follows TipranxA platform that lists analysts according to their past performances.
McDonald’s
fast food chain McDonald’s (MCD) Is this week’s first dividend selection? The company offers dividends every three months $ 1.77 per share. MCD Stock offers a 2,4%dividend return with a dividend of $ 7.08 per share. It should be noted that McDonald’s increases the annual dividend for 49 years and is on the way to becoming the dividend king.
Recently Jefferies Analyst Andy Barish With a purchase note in McDonald’s stock $ 360 price target. The analyst believes that the MCD stock is a purchase in withdrawal. Meanwhile, TİPRANKS’s AI analyst McDonald’s has a “better performance” degree in Stock And a price target of $ 342.
Barish, McDonald’s in the same store sales (SSS) in the USA’s close -term acceleration and unit growth medium -term acceleration, as the main driving forces for stock, will help narrow the existing valuation gap compared to competitors of Yum Brands and Domino. Analyst also noted that the company remains as a swap utility of the company due to value offer and low -priced point combinations.
In addition to other positives, Barish talked about brand power and competitive advantages in terms of size, scale, advertising, supply chain and the most up -to -date restaurant chain. Furthermore, the production of high -free cash flow to support high operation margins and dividends and repetitions with the category is also an optimistic, moderate -digit C.SS in MCD due to defense qualifications and brand positioning in uncertain times, high -sSS to support global unit growth to 4% to 5%.
“Despite well -known pressures on a soft 1Q and low -end consumer, MCD executes well by balanceing value, innovation and marketing.” He said.
Barish is among more than 9,600 analysts watched by Tipranks. 57% of the time provided profitable and an average of 9.9%. To see McDonald’s ownership structure TipRranks.
EPR Features
WE CONTINUE EPR Features (EPR) A real estate investment partnership (REIT) focusing on experienced properties such as cinema halls, amusement parks, food and play centers and ski centers. EPR has recently announced a 3.5% increase. Monthly dividend $ 0.295 per share. With an annual dividend of $ 3.54 per share, the EPR stock offers a dividend return of 6.2%.
After a comprehensive visit to EPR’s company center and meetings with some teams in the company, Sifel Analyst Simon Year Epril raised to buy the stock and upgraded the price target from $ 52 to $ 65. TipRranks’s AI analyst also has a “better performance” degree $ 61 in the price target EPR.
The splitting rose to EPR and recorded the latest increase in stock and improvements in capital costs. He said that the company “once again can return to reasonable external growth.”
In particular, the analyst estimates that the average capital cost of EPR (WACC) increased from approximately 9.3% to approximately 7.85%. At these advanced levels, the judiciary said the company thought that the company could start making more purchases and increase external growth.
Moreover, he emphasized the ongoing improvement on the foundations of the theater industry, and in the next few years, rent is waiting to increase the earnings of EPR properties. Meanwhile, the cost of capital is to ensure that management look at other external growth opportunities, especially golf assets and health and healthy living assets.
Yarmak ranks 670 among more than 9,600 analysts monitored by Tipranks. Their ratings were profitable in 58% of the time and provided an average return of 8.2%. To see EPR PROPERTIES Stock Graphics TipRranks.
Halliburton
The third share of this week’s dividend list Halliburton (Hall) An oil field services company that provides products and services to the energy industry. The state offers a three -month dividend of 17 cents per share. The dividend return of 68 cents annual dividend per share and Halliburton Stock is 3.3%.
Following the Virtual Investor Meeting with Management, Goldman Sachs Analyst Neil Mehta Halliburton confirmed a purchasing note with a 24 -dollar price target in the stock. Moreover, TipRranks’s AI analyst has a “better performance” degree The price target of $ 23 in the state stock.
While the management accepted the risks close to North American business, Mehta said that approximately 60% of the state income came from international markets and offers a relative degree of flexibility that is not priced to the stock. In some geographical places such as Halliburton, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, it is constantly waiting for softness. However, most of the international towers of Hal’s international towers are exposed to unusual drillings, and the administration does not expect these towers to experience great suspensions.
Interestingly, the management expects “unique growth” from four main areas: unusual completion opportunities in Argentina and Saudi Arabia, directive market share growth, opportunities for intervention as operators, and existing assets are more likely to spend more time than developing Greenfield assets, and artificial elevator opportunities. Mehta expects these opportunities to make the state stock attractive at these levels to develop margins and support the transformation of powerful free cash flow.
Despite the softness expected in pricing in North America, the analyst is waiting to keep a premium in the market due to the long -term nature of Halliburton differentiated Zeus technology and the long -term nature of electrical contracts.
Mehta, more than 9,600 analysts monitored by TipRranks, numbered 541. Their ratings succeeded in 60% of the time and provided an average of 9.2% return. To see Halliburton Technical Analysis TipRranks.




