For the 50-year period between 1973 and 2023, Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research found dividend stocks returned 9.17% annually for shareholders while non-payers returned a more mundane 4.27% annually.
Even better for investors, stocks that initiated a dividend and then raised the payout performed even better, returning 10.19% annually, and did so with lower risk.
Costco has grown its payout at a 13% compounded annual rate for at least the last 10 years, but since it has grown its free cash flow (FCF) at a better than 17% CAGR, the dividend is well supported.
Sit back and let dividends do the heavy lifting for a simple, steady path to serious wealth creation over time.
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