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 (^GSPC 0.16%) 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. ...