Looking for investment income? Focusing on yield alone means you'll miss out on lots of quality companies that pay a smaller dividend, but are still growing and could increase the payout in the future. Looking for companies that check both boxes -- dividend payment and growth -- can create a powerful compound growth effect over the long term.
Three companies our Fool.com contributors think meet these criteria are Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) , Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) , and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) .
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