5 Dividend Stocks to Hold for the Next 5 Years

These top dividend stocks should deliver strong total returns over the next half-decade.

Dividend stocks can be great long-term investments. Many top dividend payers have long histories of increasing their payouts and delivering above-average total returns.

Here are five excellent dividend stocks to consider holding for the next five years.

1. Brookfield Renewable

Brookfield Renewable ( BEPC -1.22% ) ( BEP -2.28% ) is a leading global renewable energy producer. The company sells the clean power it generates under long-term, fixed-rate power purchase agreements (PPAs) with utilities and large corporate customers. These agreements produce stable and growing cash flows supported by inflation-linked rate increases.

Growing power demand should benefit Brookfield over the next