We chose the 15 % number in order to illustrate the notion that dividend paying common stocks are capable of generating
very attractive total returns.
The company's combination
of attractive total returns and safety even has some dividend investors saying it's their civic duty to inform fellow investors about the company.
We believe the industrial sector should
offer attractive total returns going forward, with new investments over the next 24 months benefiting from the up cycle.
If you take a dividend yield, and many of these companies are growing dividends at 10 %, 15 % a year, you have a much
more attractive total return profile than you do by buying a 10 - year treasury at 2.3 %.
Broadtree Residential, Inc. (Broadtree) is a private real estate investment trust (REIT) designed to provide shareholders with predictable, tax - sheltered cash flow, and generate
attractive total returns via investment in a diversified portfolio of multifamily apartment communities.
With 9 % earnings growth and a 2.4 % dividend yield, Walgreens already has
attractive total return potential.
Moreover, if you invest in high - quality dividend growth stocks when valuations are sound, you do not necessarily have to give up capital appreciation or
an attractive total return.