Motley Fool weighs a 5% yield on 10-year Treasuries against Coca-Cola, Realty Income and BlackRock. Their forward dividend yields are 2.4%, 5.8% and 2.2%, respectively; Realty Income alone tops Treasuries on yield, while the article cites dividend growth for the other two.
That 5% yield marks the first such level since mid-2007, the article says. Coca-Cola has raised its annual dividend for 64 consecutive years, Realty Income for 31 and BlackRock for 16. Realty Income pays monthly, and its property occupancy rate is just under 99%.
Over the past decade, annualized dividend growth was 4.2% for Coca-Cola, 3% for Realty Income and 9.6% for BlackRock. The article estimates that a $10,000 BlackRock investment producing about $220 in dividends this year could generate around $550 in annual dividend income in 10 years if recent trends continue; it cautions that past performance does not guarantee future results.
