The sign is located in front of the McDonald's restaurant on May 13, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
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On Friday, S&P 500 increased to a new record, but macro uncertainty persists. Investors may want to consider paying dividends as a way to increase returns in the case of rough markets.
Tracking exchanges of the best analysts from Wall Street can help investors choose attractive dividend shares, taking into account that these experts assign their assessments after an in -depth analysis of the company's basics and its ability to generate solid cash flows to consistently pay dividends.
Here are three dividend paymentsemphasized by The best advantages of Wall Streetaccording to tracking TipranksThe platform, which occupies analysts based on their previous results.
McDonald's
Fast food chain McDonald's (MCD) is the first choice of dividend this week. The company offers a quarterly dividend USD 1.77 per share. With an annual dividend of USD 7.08 per share, MCD shares offer a dividend profitability of 2.4%. It is worth noting that McDonald's has increased its annual dividend for 49 consecutive years and is on the right track to becoming the King of Dividend.
Recently Jefferies analyst Andy Barish repeated the purchase assessment in McDonald's warehouse with Target price $ 360. The analyst believes that MCD shares are a purchase purchase. Meanwhile, The AI Tipranks analyst has a grade “exceeding” McDonald's actions and the target price of USD 342.
Barish perceives short -term acceleration in American sales in the same McDonald store (SSS) and the average period of acceleration of the individual as the main factors for shares, which would help narrow the current gap in a valuation compared to rival brands and dominoes. The analyst also noticed an improvement in international SSS, because the company remains a commercial beneficiary due to the proposal of values and low -price point combinations.
Among the other positives, Barish mentioned the brand's power and competitive advantages of size, scale, advertising, supply chain and the most current restaurant chain. He is also an optimist as to MCD due to its defensive features and brand positioning in uncertain times, higher visibility in providing SS with low -sided numbers compared to rivals, accelerating global growth of units up to 4% to 5%, operational margins with category height and massive production of free cash flows to support and repetitions.
“Despite Soft 1Q And the well-known pressure on the low consumer, MCD is doing well balancing values, innovation and marketing, “said Barish.
Barish occupies No. 591 among over 9,600 analysts followed by Tipranks. His assessments were profitable in 57% of cases, ensuring an average return of 9.9%. See McDonald ownership structure on Tipanks.
EPR properties
We go to EPR properties (EPR; EPR has recently announced a 3.5% increase His monthly dividend up to USD 0.295 per share. With an annual dividend of USD 3.54 per share, EPR shares offer a dividend profitability of 6.2%.
After a extensive visit to the EPR headquarters and meetings with some teams in the company, Stifel Analyst Simon Yarmak EPR shares were updated to buy with Hold and increased the target price to USD 65 from USD 52. The AI Tipranks analyst also has an “exceeding” grade In EPR with a target price of 61 USD.
Yarmak became stubborn at EPR, noting a recent increase in stocks and improvement of capital costs. He said that the company could “return to a reasonable external growth once again.”
In particular, the analyst estimates this year, so far, the average weighted capital cost (WACC) has increased to about 7.85% from almost 9.3%. At these improved levels, Yarmak said that he thinks that the company could start aggressively to make more acquisitions and increase external growth.
In addition, Yarmak emphasized the continuous improvement of the basics of the theater industry and expects that the percentage rent will increase EPR Properties earnings in the next few years. Meanwhile, a better cost of capital enables managing a look at other possibilities of external growth, mainly golf assembly and health and well -being resources.
Yarmak occupies No. 670 among over 9,600 analysts followed by Tipranks. His grades were profitable in 58% of cases, ensuring an average return of 8.2%. See EPR Properties MAPE on Tipanks.
Halliburton
Third supply on the dividend list this week is Halliburton (Hall), Naftowa Service company, which provides products and services for the energy industry. Hal offers a quarterly dividend of 17 cents per share. With an annual dividend of 68 cents per share, the profitability of Halliburton's dividend is 3.3%.
After meeting the virtual investor with management, analyst Goldman Sachs Neil Mehta He confirmed the assessment of the purchase of Halliburton shares with the price of USD 24. Also, The AI Tipranks analyst has a “surpassing” grade at Hall shares with a target price of $ 23.
While the management recognized the short -term risk for activities in North America, Mehta noticed that about 60% of the revenues of halls came from international markets and is a relative degree of immunity, which is not valued on shares. Halliburton expects further softness in some geographical locations, such as Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. However, most international hall platforms are exposed to unconventional drilling, and management does not expect these platforms to occur large suspensions.
Interestingly, the management expects “idiosyncratic growth” from four key areas: unconventional possibilities of completion in Argentina and Saudi Arabia, increase in participation in directional drilling, the possibilities of intervention, because operators more often spend time optimizing existing assets than the development of assets from Greenfield and the possibility of artificial lifting. Mehta expects these possibilities to increase margins and support a strong conversion of free cash flows, thanks to which the hall is attractive at these levels.
Despite the expected softness of the valuation in North America, Hallibiburon expects to maintain a bonus on the market due to the diverse Zeus technology and the long -term nature of electrical contracts, the analyst noticed.
Mehta occupies No. 541 among over 9,600 analysts followed by Tipranks. His grades were effective in 60% of cases, which ensures an average return of 9.2%. See Technical analysis of Hallibiburon on Tipanks.