Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts Spotlight On 3 Tech And Telecom Stocks Delivering High-Dividend Yields

Benzinga · 2d ago

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 Analyst Stock Ratings page. Traders can sort through Benzinga’s extensive database of analyst ratings, including by analyst accuracy.

Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yielding stocks in the communication services sector.

Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ)

  • Dividend Yield: 6.37%
  • Scotiabank analyst Maher Yaghi maintained a Sector Outperform rating and cut the price target from $51.5 to $50 on Oct. 9, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 54%.
  • Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne maintained an Equal-Weight rating and raised the price target from $50 to $52 on July 27, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 73%.
  • Recent News: On Oct 15, Ericsson, along with Verizon, completed the first pre-standard 6G field call in the 7 GHz band at a Verizon commercial network site in Concord, California.
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Rogers Communications Inc (NYSE:RCI)

  • Dividend Yield: 4.55%
  • Barclays analyst Lauren Bonham maintained an Equal-Weight rating and cut the price target from $36 to $35 on Oct. 13, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 63%.
  • RBC Capital analyst Drew McReynolds maintained an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $61 to $63 on April 23, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 52%.
  • Recent News: On Sept. 9, Rogers Communications announced pricing of public offering of US$1 billion fixed-to-fixed rate subordinated notes and Canadian private placement of Cdn$600 million fixed-to-fixed rate subordinated notes.
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BCE Inc (NYSE:BCE)

  • Dividend Yield: 6.23%
  • Barclays analyst Lauren Bonham maintained an Equal-Weight rating and cut the price target from $25 to $24 on Oct. 13, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 63%.
  • RBC Capital analyst Drew McReynolds maintained an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $38 to $39 on March 17, 2026. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 52%.
  • Recent News: BCE said it will hold its third-quarter results conference call on Thursday, Nov. 5.
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