Just because Wall Street likes a stock doesn't mean it's a great pick. However, it's not a bad idea to at least consider how analysts view a given stock. After all, their opinions are (or at least, should be) based on a thorough review of the underlying businesses for the stock.

Netflix shot up 14.6% after it reported adding nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter and it topped sales and profit targets. The video streaming service’s expansion into live programming appears to be paying off as it wrapped up its best year ever with more than $40 billion in revenue.

These five top gold-mining stocks come with dependable (sometimes big) dividends and are rated Buy at top Wall Street firms.