Bought $1,000 of Suncorp shares 10 years ago? Here’s how much passive income you’ve received

The Suncorp Group Ltd (ASX: SUN) share price has lifted nearly 11% over the last 10 years.

An investor buying $1,000 worth of the company’s stock in February 2013 likely would have walked away with 86 shares, paying $11.54 apiece.

Today, that parcel would be worth $1,100.80. The Suncorp share price closed Thursday’s session at $12.80.

For comparison, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has lifted 47% in that time.

So, have the dividends on offer from the financial services conglomerate made up for its stock’s sluggish performance? Let’s take a look.

All the dividends offered by Suncorp shares since 2013

Here are all the dividends paid to those invested in Suncorp shares over the last 10 years:

As the chart above shows, Suncorp has paid $7.18 of dividends per share since February 2013.

That means our figurative parcel has likely yielded $617.48 of passive income in that time, bringing our return on investment (ROI) to 73%.

And that’s before considering the potential tax benefits the company’s fully franked dividends could have brought, or the further gains compounding those dividends could have brought.

Right now, Suncorp shares are trading with a 3.1% dividend yield.

And eager passive income investors won’t have to wait much longer to receive another payout.

Suncorp declared a 33 cent per share interim dividend last week. That will be paid late next month.

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