5 Income Stocks That Have Beaten the S&P 500 For a Decade

Publicly traded shares of successful companies have long been a way to reliably build wealth, and when you add in dividends, they can provide steady streams of income along the way as well, allowing you to profit from your investment without cashing it in.

That kind of cash flow is called passive income, but actively seeking out stocks that do both well -- simultaneously grow their share price and shareholder payouts -- can be a profitable venture that will pay dividends for years to come.

That combination of share-price movement and dividend payouts is called total return. Below, in alphabetical order, is a look at stocks of five very different companies whose total return has surpassed that of the S&P 500 over the past 10 years.

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Source Fool.com