The stock market has been volatile due to rising Treasury yields and high oil prices amid unrest in the Middle East. Amid this uncertainty, equity stocks can help investors secure a fixed portfolio income.
Top Wall Street analysts inform investors in their search for attractive equity stocks that have the ability to generate strong cash flow and pay dividends consistently.
Here are three dividend-paying stocks highlighted by top Wall Street experts, as tracked by TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.
Power Transfer
Power Transfer owns and operates a diverse portfolio of energy assets in the US, with approximately 140,000 miles of pipeline and related infrastructure. The company recently announced an increase in its quarterly cash distribution to 34 cents per common unit. Energy Transfer offers a yield of 6.7%.
Recently, TD Cowen analyst Jason Gabelman reiterated a buy rating on Energy Transfer and slightly raised his price target to $23 from $22, saying, “We continue to see upside potential for underappreciated growth including unused assets in secondary gas tanks.”
The five-star analyst emphasized that Energy Transfer increased its full-year earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, guidance, with the company meeting its full-year performance goal for the first quarter itself. The revised outlook shows upside from higher volumes, prices, and spreads. Gabelman expects EBITDA to reach the high end of the current asset price outlook.
In addition, Gabelman expects that ET will see a profit of $ 200 million in EBITDA from other new projects and 800 million cubic feet per day of volume growth in Haynesville this year, which is expected to add $ 100 million to EBITDA. Interestingly, the company expects to sanction several projects in 2026, which could contribute $ 400 million to EBITDA.
Gabelman is ranked No. 660 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks. His predictions were successful 64% of the time, yielding an average return of 13.4%. See Energy Transfer Financials on TipRanks.
Chevron
The next dividend paying stock is the oil and gas giant Chevron. The company recently announced its first quarter results. It paid out $6 billion to shareholders in Q1 2026, including $2.5 billion in share buybacks and $3.5 billion in dividends. paid a dividend of 3.7 %.
After hosting investor meetings with Chevron executives, Wells Fargo analyst Sam Margolin reaffirmed a buy rating on CVX stock with a $222 price target. “The company is in a good operating position with clear capital allocation and asset momentum delivering good FCF/leverage results,” the analyst said.
The five-star analyst noted strong momentum for Chevron’s operations, with key assets in the Permian, Kazakhstan, Australia LNG and Guyana operating at full capacity or above their designed production levels. He added that CVX’s downstream side benefits from strong vertical integration and access to raw equity in California and Asia, helping to mitigate potential stock issues.
Additionally, Margolin highlighted that Chevron plans to retain 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in the Permian Basin, driven by efficiencies achieved under its current plan. He added that advanced chemical treatments at the wells, including both proprietary and third-party, have brought about 20% productivity gains in the first 10 months.
The analyst also noted that CVX is developing the first project under its energy joint venture through an exclusive agreement with Microsoft. Margolin believes the company’s advantage lies in its rapid deployment, with 5 gigawatts of turbines already in place, and access to the land and natural gas needed for power generation and data center development.
Margolin ranks No. 455 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks. His estimates were profitable 71% of the time, yielding an average return of 13.3%. See Chevron Stock Buybacks on TipRanks.
Williams Companies
Williams operates interstate natural gas pipelines and gathering and processing operations throughout the U.S. The company recently announced a dividend of approximately 53 cents per share, which will be paid on June 29. WMB it offers a yield of 2.7%.
Recently, UBS analyst Manav Gupta reiterated his buy rating on Williams stock and raised his price target to $91 from $89. The analyst is optimistic about the company’s Power Innovation business and noted the updates of two recent projects – NEO and Atlas. With the addition of these two projects, WMB announced with its Q1 results, the company now has $9.65 billion in Power Innovation projects.
The five-star analyst noted that WMB continues to excel by expanding its Power Innovation business at a faster pace than investors and UBS expected. Based on the projects already announced (Socrates, Atlas, Apollo, Aquila, Socrates the Younger and Neo), the Guptas expect the Williams Power Innovation business to drive EBITDA of $1.93 billion by 2029.
The Guptas believe the addition of NEO has advanced WMB’s position, enabling it to outpace competitors such as Chevron in marketing integrated, end-to-end power solutions designed for hyperscalers. The analyst emphasized that although Chevron has confirmed its cooperation with Meta Platforms in the project, that agreement has not yet reached a final investment decision, which limits the near-term visibility.
“We’re still building WMB’s Power Innovation platform and we’re seeing potential profit margins from 2028-2030 as more projects come to business and contribute to revenue growth,” Gupta said.
The Guptas are ranked number 168 out of more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks. His estimates were profitable 70% of the time, yielding an average return of 21.9%. See Williams’ Ownership Structure on TipRanks.
