The uncertainty about the economy and the tariff wars have fueled the volatility on the stock market, but dividend-paying shares can offer investors some stability.
Investors who are looking for stable income in this shaky backdrop can consider to add shares to dividend payment companies. For this purpose, the recommendations of Top Wall Street analysts can inform investors who are looking for the right name.
Here are three dividend playing shares that are highlighted by the top professionals of Wall Street on Tipranks, a platform that is based on the analysts based on their earlier performance.
Vitesseen energy
The first dividend selection this week is Vitesseen energy ((VTS) A unique energy company that has financial interests, mainly as a non-operator, in oil and gas wells, which are drilled by leading US operators. At the beginning of this month, Vitesse completed Lucero Energy. The company expects this deal to increase dividends and delivers additional liquidity to strengthen its ability to do accancerive acquisitions.
Vitesse recently announced his results in the fourth quarter and explained a quarterly dividend of $ 0.5625 per share, which is to be paid on March 31. This payment increases by 7% compared to the previous quarter. The VTS share offers a dividend yield of 9.3%.
After the Q4 print, Jefferie's analyst Lloyd Byrne confirmed a merchanting for VTS shares with a price target of USD 33. The analyst found that the Q4-Ebitda (result before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) was the consensus estimate due to a slightly lower production and the unique costs that were estimated with the Lucero acquisition in connection with the acquisition of Lucero in connection with Lucerie's acquisition.
Byrne noticed the planned increase in Vitesse's dividend after completing the Lucero acquisition. The analyst explained that increasing the dividend with the strategy of the VTS to increase its payment with the expected operational cash flow. He added that management aimed at keeping the ratio of dividend covers to about 1.0 times.
The analyst emphasized that the Lucero deal expanded the company operated in Bakken and almost 25 net locations, which Vitesse believes that it corresponds to about 10 years of inventory life. Byrne looks at the Lucero deal positively because it exceeds for vitesses profits, dividends, free cash flow and net assets.
“While the deal is a deviation from VTS's non-surgery strategy, adding a powered leg gives the incremental control of VTS via its capital and a potential additional deal flow,” said Byrne.
Byrne ranks 166 among more than 9,400 analysts that were followed by Tipranks. His ratings were profitable in 54% of cases and provided an average return of 20.1%. See Vitesse Energy Stock Diagrams on Tipranks.
Viperergie
We move to Viperergie ((Vnom) an oil and gas company that is a subsidiary of Diamondback -Energie ((Catch). Viper was formed by Diamondback to own, acquire and use oil and natural gas properties in North America. It focuses on having mineral and license interests in oil-weighted pools, mainly in the Perm basin.
The company announced a base -cash dividend of 30 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2024 and a variable cash dividend of 35 cents per share. The total return on 65 cents per share concerns 75% of the cash available for distribution.
Recently, the JPMorgan analyst Arun Jayaram has repeated a merchanting for VNOM shares, reducing the price target as part of an update for the exploration and production models of its company to $ 51 to $ 51. The update reflected the analysis of the natural gas offer, more than expected LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) -Danger Day and the possibility of further decline in oil prices. The decline would be due to the combination of record oil supply, the return of Opec+ Barrel in April and the global trade risk in the middle of tariffs.
Jayaram explained his optimistic attitude towards VNOM shares and said that mineral companies like Viper have the eternal license fees in the context of oil and gas slices, which gives them growth growth without capital or operating costs.
The analyst emphasized the guideline of Viper to return about 75% of all distributed cash flows to shareholders by basic and variable dividends and stock buyback. Jayaram believes that Viper is unique due to his relationship with Diamondback Energy. In particular, Diamondback operates a large part of the surgery of Viper, which gives visibility and reduces an important uncertainty, which is usually associated with companies in the mineral space.
“In the case of Viper, between the EBITDA growth and the FCF yield, we see an attractive total decline in decline,” said the analyst.
Jayaram ranks 677 among more than 9,400 analysts that were followed by Tipranks. His reviews were successful in 53% of the cases and delivered an average return of 8.3%. See purchase of Viper Energy Stock on Tipranks.
Conocophillips
Jayaram is also optimistic Conocophillips ((POLICEMAN) And confirmed a merchanting for the share, lowered the price target as part of his update to the exploration and production models of its company to $ 115. As mentioned above, the analyst is concerned about the possibility of further decline in oil prices. Conocophillips announced a dividend of 78 cents per share for the first quarter of 2025. The COP share offers a dividend yield of 3.1%.
The analyst said that the company had been one of the best exploration and production actors since Conocophillips' 2016 reset. Jayaram noticed several counter-cyclical transactions carried out by COP, which reduced its offer costs and significantly improved the shelf life of the company's “lower 48” assessment and strengthened its balance sheet and portfolio optionality to LNG.
Jayaram added that conocophillips' corporate break-even would be on a normal basis at the low end of the peer group, as it has much lower sustainable capital requirements than their colleagues. The combination of the long-term investments of the company such as Willow and Port Arthur as well as the marathon oil fusion has increased the oil beta of cop shares modestly.
He assumes that conocophillips will be one of the few exploration and production companies in the reporting of JPMorgan, which could increase their cash return in 2025, including stock buyings of $ 6 billion.
“We consider COP in view of its portfolio strength, the duration of the existence and the shareholder -friendly cash return as a core -e & p -holding,” said Jayaram. See conocophillips hedge -fund activities on Tipranks.