Dividend stocks have historically outperformed broad market indexes like the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Meanwhile, the best returns tend to come from stocks that consistently increase their dividends.

That has certainly been the case for dividend machines like Agree Realty (NYSE: ADC), Prologis (NYSE: PLD), and Extra Space Storage (NYSE: EXR). Here's why these dividend stocks can continue their winning ways. 

Marc Rapport (Agree Realty): Agree Realty has turned itself into a Wall Street darling by cranking out years of outperformance from what might be considered a somewhat pedestrian business: leasing space to retail businesses.

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