If You Like Dividends, You Should Love These 3 Stocks

Every investor likes to collect a dividend as added income from a stock they own. Some make investments with dividend income as a priority. But having a high dividend yield shouldn't be the only factor to look at. 

For any dividend stock that isn't strictly owned for the income, investors should care about the company's history of raising the payout, as well as the long-term overall returns on the invested capital. Success in those two areas has to come from a solid underlying business. The following three companies not only pay dividends, they have also consistently raised them, and each has an overall return much higher than the S&P 500 index over the last five years. 

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