Dividend stocks are tried and true wealth creators. Dividend payers in the S 500 have vastly outperformed their non-paying peers over the past 50 years, with a 9.2% average annual total return, compared with a negative-0.6%, according to data from Ned Davis Research and Hartford Funds. Meanwhile, companies that have grown their dividends have performed even better, with a 10.2% average annual total return.

Rexford Industrial Realty (NYSE: REXR), Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF), and Realty Income (NYSE: O) have magnificent track records of paying dividends. That's one of the features that made them stand out to a few Fool.com contributors. Here's why they think these dividend stocks can enrich their investors by the end of the decade.  

Tyler Crowe (Rexford Industrial Realty): In a world where the cost of capital is higher and investments outside of stocks are generating more attractive yields, a dividend stock with a lower yield really needs to blow me away with structural business advantages and significant dividend growth potential. 

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