2 Dividend Stocks and 1 ETF That Beat the S&P 500 in 2024, and Are Still Worth Buying in 2025

Megacap tech companies contributed much of the gains that the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index saw in 2024. After all, how much impact can dividend payments of a couple of percentage points have when the largest growth stocks are producing epic double-digit (and sometimes triple-digit) percentage returns? Still, plenty of dividend stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also managed to outperform the benchmark index last year. Some of these stocks are expected to continue to strong performance into 2025 as well.Here's why three Motley Fool contributors feel that Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (NYSEMKT: MLPX) remain solid buys in 2025, even after their excellent performances last year.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool