A dozen years ago, Prologis (NYSE: PLD) was created in a consolidation that kicked off a growth spurt, and the San Francisco-based real estate investment trust (REIT) has now become the largest owner of industrial properties on the planet.

And along the way, a $1,000 investment made the day of the merger with AMB Property -- June 3, 2011 -- would be worth about $5,200. That's if the dividends were reinvested to help goose the total return of this logistics and dividend powerhouse.

It's a total return that not only smokes two frequently cited benchmarks for REIT performance -- the CRSP US REIT Index and the S&P 500 itself -- but it just barely trails the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite over that time. Check this out:

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