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three wall street analysts highlighted dividend stocks for income amid middle east volatility. conocophillips pays 84 cents per share for q1 2026, yield 2.64%. jefferies analyst lloyd byrne raised his price target to $160 from $129, expecting the company to beat q1 estimates on higher oil volumes. he sees $1.89 eps vs street consensus of $1.70. byrne noted cop is well-positioned for us-iran conflict volatility since 57% of production is exposed to crude and ttf. he expects $8.5 billion in repurchases and $3 billion added to the balance sheet at $90 brent in 2026. viper energy, a diamondback subsidiary, raised its annual base dividend 15% to $1.52 per share, yielding 4.6%. roth capital analyst leo mariani raised his price target to $50, citing the highest organic growth rate vs peers. he expects q1 oil production to beat consensus by 0.8% and estimates cash distributions of 60 cents per share plus $90 million in buybacks. kinetik holdings pays 81 cents quarterly, yield 6.74%. rbc analyst elvira scotto raised her price target to $50, expecting lower volumes from weak waha prices until pipeline capacity arrives in h2 2026. she raised ebitda estimates to $236 million for q1 2026 and $1.014 billion for the full year.