3 Safe Dividend Stocks Set To Outperform the S&P 500

Investor sentiment is improving, resulting in an impressive rally this past July, but the S&P 500 is still down around 13% year to date and 4% over the past year. Investors looking for some consistency, safety, and growth opportunities in the stock market may feel defeated, but there are several stocks well on their way to outperforming the S&P 500. W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC), Agree Realty (NYSE: ADC), and Realty Income (NYSE: O) are not only safe dividend stocks, having boasted decades of consistent dividend increases with healthy balance sheets, but they are also outperforming the S&P 500.