Inflation (%) vs. Dominion Resource Dividend Yield (%) - January 1 Numbers Over the same timeframe, the dividend yield of Ventas Inc ( VTR ) also outpaced inflation consistently. In most of those years though, the average dividend yield acted as a partial hedge, only offsetting a portion of the inflation rate. The dividend yield on an individual stock can vary greatly from that average, providing the capability to outpace inflation.
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