{
  "id": 44844,
  "title": "Top Wall Street analysts are bullish on these 3 dividend stocks for passive income",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/top-wall-street-analysts-are-bullish-on-these-3-dividend-stocks-for",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-02T12:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC",
    "slug": "cnbc",
    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/02/top-analysts-are-bullish-on-these-dividend-stocks-for-passive-income-.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Three top Wall Street analysts recommend dividend stocks as potential sources of passive income. Expand Energy, a natural gas producer, recently acquired Twin Eagle Holdings, which is expected to bolster its marketing and commercial goals. The company declared a dividend of nearly 58 cents per share, with a yield of 2.5%. Analyst Doug Leggate reaffirmed a buy rating and raised the price target to $114. SM Energy, an operator of oil and gas assets across four U.S. shale basins, offers a quarterly dividend of 22 cents per share, or 88 cents annually, with a yield of 2.7%. Analyst Leo Mariani reaffirmed a buy rating and raised the price target to $34. Oilfield services provider SLB reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings, driven by growth across international markets and better-than-anticipated results. Analyst Neil Mehta reaffirmed a buy rating with a price target of $62.",
  "summary": "Tracking top analysts can help investors shortlist attractive dividend stocks, as these experts provide useful insights.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}