After a couple of volatile years for flashy growth stocks, investors are once again turning toward ones that pay growing dividends. It's not hard to understand why. Businesses that commit to distributing a share of their bottom line with shareholders regularly outperform the overall market over time.

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During the 50-year period that ended in 2022, companies in the benchmark S&P 500 index that began or grew their dividend payout delivered an average annual return of 10.24%. The average non-dividend-paying stock in the same index fell by 0.6% annually, according to Ned Davis Research and Hartford Funds.

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