Top Wall Street analysts like these dividend stocks for steady income

Cnbc · May 24, 2026 · 903 words · By TipRanks com Staff

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The stock market has been volatile due to rising Treasury yields and high oil prices amid tensions in the Middle East.

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What happened

The stock market has been volatile due to rising Treasury yields and high oil prices amid tensions in the Middle East.

Why it matters

Amid this uncertainty, dividend stocks can help investors secure consistent portfolio income.

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Top Wall Street analysts can inform investors on their search for attractive dividend stocks that have the ability to generate solid cash flows and pay dividends consistently.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Authority: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “the company expects to sanction multiple projects in 2026, which could contribute an additional $400 million in EBITDA.”

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The search results discuss general EBITDA for Energy Transfer, a Greek company (Metlen), and TC Energy Corp, but none confirm the specific $400 million EBITDA projection for 2026 projects for Energy Transfer.

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web search NEUTRAL — The bull case for buying Energy Transfer. Energy Transfer currently expects to generate between $11 billion and $11.4 billion of adjusted EBITDA this year, roughly flat with last year's total at the m…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/04/26/is-energy-transfer…

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web search NEUTRAL — Νέα projects σε ΑΠΕ, αποθήκευση ενέργειας, γάλλιο και άμυνα τροφοδοτούν την αναπτυξιακή δυναμική της εταιρείας. Συζητήσεις με τη γαλλική EDF για συνεργασία σε φωτοβολταϊκά, data centers και πυρηνικούς…
https://www.powergame.gr/energygame/1357215/metlen-ta-nea-pr…

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web search NEUTRAL — In summary, it was a strong quarter due to high availability and EBITDA contributions from the assets our teams helped place into service in 2025. With CAD 4 billion in projects expected to go into se…
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TRP-PB.TO/earnings/TRP-PB.TO…

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Claim 2: “The company recently announced an increase in its quarterly cash distribution to roughly 34 cents per common unit.”

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Multiple web sources confirm the distribution increase. MarketWatch specifically notes the increase to 33.75 cents (which rounds to roughly 34 cents), and another source mentions a distribution paid in May 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — This cash distribution per Energy Transfer common unit will be paid on May 20, 2026 to unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 8, 2026, and is an increase of more than 3 percent as co…
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260126091119/en/Ene…

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web search NEUTRAL — ET’s current quarterly cash distribution rate is 33.75 cents per common unit. Management has raised distribution rates 18 times in the past five years, and the current payout ratio is 112%. Delek Logi…
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/et-underpe…

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web search NEUTRAL — Energy Transfer raised its quarterly cash distribution by 0.7%, to 33.75 cents per common unit, from 33.50 cents a share.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/energy-transfer-raises-qua…

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Claim 3: “Chevron has confirmed its partnership with Meta Platforms on a project”

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Claim 4: “Gabelman ranks No. 660 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks.”

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Different sources provide conflicting rankings and data for Jason Gabelman. One source lists him as a 4.74-star analyst with a 64.92% success rate, another as a 3.77-star analyst with a 58.62% success rate, and WallStreetZen ranks him #1064. None specifically confirm the '660' rank.

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web search NEUTRAL — Analyst Ranking. Top 21%. #1064 out of 5168 analysts.Get additional color on Jason Gabelman's coverage of popular stocks. The STRONG BUY rating for Exxon Mobil Corp was maintained. Its price target wa…
https://www.wallstreetzen.com/analysts/jason-gabelman

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web search NEUTRAL — Jason Gabelman is a 4.74-star Wall Street Analyst at TD Cowen. Jason Gabelman's focuses on the Energy sector and covers 39 stocks with a 64.92% success rate.
https://www.tipranks.com/experts/analysts/jason-gabelman

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web search NEUTRAL — Jason Gabelman is a 3.77-star professional stock analyst working for TD Cowen. Jason has had a 58.62% success rate and an average return of 6.95%.
https://stockanalysis.com/analysts/jason-gabelman/

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Claim 5: “Gupta expects Williams' Power Innovation business to drive EBITDA upside of $1.93 billion by 2029.”

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Claim 6: “His ratings have been profitable 71% of the time, delivering an average return of 13.3%.”

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Claim 7: “Gabelman expects ET to see a gain of $200 million in EBITDA from some new projects and 800 million cubic feet per day Haynesville volume growth this year, which is projected to add $100 million in EBITDA.”

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No evidence was found after searching for this specific projection by Jason Gabelman.

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Claim 8: “UBS analyst Manav Gupta reiterated a buy rating on Williams stock and increased his price target to $91 from $89.”

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Claim 9: “Energy Transfer owns and operates a diversified portfolio of energy assets in the U.S., with about 140,000 miles of pipeline and associated infrastructure.”

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The claim regarding 140,000 miles of infrastructure is corroborated by a cross-reference from CNBC and the general company description in Wikipedia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Heat transfer is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the generation, use, conversion, and exchange of thermal energy (heat) between physical systems. Heat transfer is classified into var…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_transfer

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wireless power transfer (WPT; also wireless energy transmission or WET) is the transmission of electrical energy without wires as a physical link. In a wireless power transmission system, an electrica…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_power_transfer

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Energy Transfer LP is an American company engaged in the pipeline transportation, storage, and terminaling for natural gas, crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), refined products and liquid natural g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Transfer

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Claim 10: “Margolin ranks No. 455 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks.”

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Claim 11: “5 gigawatts of turbines already on order”

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Claim 12: “Wells Fargo analyst Sam Margolin reaffirmed a buy rating on CVX stock with a price target of $222.”

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Claim 13: “Chevron plans to maintain a 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day plateau in the Permian Basin”

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Claim 14: “TD Cowen analyst Jason Gabelman reiterated a buy rating on Energy Transfer and slightly raised his price target to $23 from $22”

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The provided web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant, discussing basketball (James Harden) and a White House incident, with no mention of Jason Gabelman or Energy Transfer.

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web search NEUTRAL — 13 hours ago · Carson Breber (@Carsobi). 132 replies. It’s over for this Cavs core. The Harden trade failed. Mitchell’s playmaking is unreliable. Their defense is unserious. Their habits as a team are…
https://x.com/carsobi/status/2058376673016303727

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web search NEUTRAL — 13 hours ago · Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless). 502 likes 81 replies. In a must-win home game, James Harden went 1-7 from 3 with 5 turnovers. In the biggest playoff games, he plays with no follow-me f…
https://x.com/RealSkipBayless/status/2058379553090023441

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web search NEUTRAL — 13 hours ago · Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer). 299 replies. EXCLUSIVE: The shooter at the White House today, identified as a black male named Nasire Best made previous threats of assassinating President …
https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2058367451356963088

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Claim 15: “With the addition of these two projects, which WMB announced alongside its Q1 results, the company now has $9.65 billion in Power Innovation projects.”

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Claim 16: “His ratings have been profitable 70% of the time, delivering an average return of 21.9%.”

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Claim 17: “advanced chemicals treatment in wells, including both proprietary and third-party, has delivered about 20% productivity benefits in the first 10 months.”

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Claim 18: “WMB offers a yield of 2.7%.”

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Claim 19: “His ratings have been successful 64% of the time, delivering an average return of 13.4%.”

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Claim 20: “CVX is advancing the first project under its power joint venture through an exclusivity agreement with Microsoft.”

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Claim 21: “The company recently announced a dividend of about 53 cents per share, payable on June 29.”

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Claim 22: “Chevron offers a current dividend yield of 3.7%.”

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Claim 23: “It paid $6 billion of cash to shareholders in Q1 2026, including share repurchases of $2.5 billion and dividends of $3.5 billion.”

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No evidence was found after searching for this claim regarding Chevron's Q1 2026 payments.

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Claim 24: “Energy Transfer raised its full-year earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, guidance, with the company capturing its full-year optimization target in the first quarter itself.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic dictionary/encyclopedia definitions of 'energy' from Wikipedia and Britannica, providing no financial guidance data for Energy Transfer.

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web search NEUTRAL — Energy is a conserved quantity —the law of conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed. The unit of measurement for energy in the International Sys…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 23, 2011 · Energy is an international, multi-disciplinary journal in energy engineering and research, and a flagship journal in the Energy area. The journal aims to be a leading peer-reviewed plat…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/energy

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web search NEUTRAL — May 1, 2026 · Energy, in physics, the capacity for doing work. It may exist in potential, kinetic, thermal, electrical, chemical, nuclear, or various other forms. There are, moreover, heat and work—i.…
https://www.britannica.com/science/energy

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Claim 25: “Energy Transfer offers a yield of 6.7%.”

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The 6.7% yield is mentioned in the CNBC cross-reference, but other provided web results are generic definitions of 'energy' and do not provide financial data to corroborate the specific percentage.

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Claim 26: “Gupta ranks No. 168 among more than 12,200 analysts tracked by TipRanks.”

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