Actionable Conclusions (1-10): Brokers Projected 9.6% To 87.42% Net Gains For Top Ten Utilities
Five of ten top dividend high yield Utilities were verified as being among the top ten net gainers for the coming year based on analyst 1-year target prices. (They're tinted gray in the chart below). Thus, the yield-based forecast for Utilities as graded by Wall St. wizards was 50% accurate.
Source: YCharts
Projections based on estimated dividend returns from $1,000 invested in the thirty highest yielding stocks and aggregate 1-year analyst mean target prices as reported by YCharts produced the 2019