Author: Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool

These three names easily beat the market last year, and can continue to deliver big returns.

The best dividend stocks are those that combine capital appreciation and even modest distributions to deliver market-thumping total returns. Here are three such names to consider.

Yielding between 7% and 9%, both of these names have their baggage, but their high payouts are sustainable in the near term.

Each of these names can be had for less than 16 times forward earnings.

With Halloween around the corner, these monster names can deliver the kind of outsized gains to turn nightmares into daydreams of market-thumping gains.