Many investors assume that dividend stocks are merely average investments. But over the last half-century, dividend-paying stocks in the S 500 have crushed the average stock's performance in that broad market index (9.2% average annualized return versus 7.7% for an S 500 equal-weight index). The best performance has come from stocks that grow their dividends (a 10.2% average annualized total return).

Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), Prologis (NYSE: PLD), and CareTrust REIT (NYSE: CTRE) stand out to these three Motley Fool contributors for their ability to deliver market-beating total returns. Here's why they don't want investors to miss out on these above-average dividend stocks.

Tyler Crowe (Public Storage): There are few businesses as durable as personal storage units.

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