In our previous article on Singapore blue chip stocks, we covered the pros and cons of investing in Singapore blue chips and a general overview of how they have performed over the past decade. In this article, we will look at the three best-performing Singapore blue chips over the past decade (2010-2019) and identify the factors for their success. These are the three best-performing Singapore blue chips over the past decade:

Stock	Opening Price (2 Jan 2010)	Closing Price (31 Dec 2019)	Capital Gain	Dividends Received*	Total Return (Capital Gains + Dividends)
Thai Beverage	S$0.245	S$0.89	263.3%	THB4.79^	341.5%
Mapletree Logistics Trust	S$0.78	S$1.74	123.1%	S$0.72	215.4%
SATS	S$2.74	S$5.06	84.7%	S$1.68	146.0%
STI ETF	S$2.97	S$3.276	10.3%	S$0.932	41.7%

*Based on dividend ex-date between 2 January 2010 to 31 December 2019. ^Exchange rate used: 1 THB = 0.04 SGD.

If you’ve been a long-time investor of Thai Beverage, Mapletree Logistics Trust, or SATS...