In times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-paying stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with high dividend payouts.

Below are the top analyst ratings for three high-yielding financial sector stocks.

Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NLY)

Dividend yield: 12.62%

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Boz George maintained his Overweight rating and raised his price target from $22.5 to $23.5 on April 28, 2023. The accuracy rate of this analyst is 69%.
Wells Fargo analyst Donald Fandetti maintained an equal weight rating and cut his price target from $23 to $21 on April 28, 2023. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 69%.
Breaking news: Nordic Annaly Capital Management reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results.

Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM)

Dividend yield: 12.72%
Credit Suisse analyst Douglas Harter maintained a neutral rating and cut his price target from $6.5 to $5.5 on May 19, 2023. The accuracy rate of this analyst is 69%.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst Boz George retained Market Perform's rating and cut his price target from $6.25 to $5.5 on May 9, 2023. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 69%.
Breaking News: Chimera Investment announced a second-quarter dividend of $0.18 on common stock and an increase in its share buyback program from $177 million to $250 million.

 Great Ajax Corp. (AJX)

Dividend yield: 13.84%
Raymond James analyst Stephen Lowes maintained his Overweight rating and lowered his price target from $10.5 to $9 on June 6, 2023. The accuracy rate of this analyst is 63%.
Piper Sandler analyst Kevin Barker maintained an Overweight rating and cut his price target from $11 to $10 on May 8, 2023. This analyst has an accuracy rate of 74%.
Breaking News: Great Ajax posted weaker-than-expected quarterly results.