The Best Small-Cap Dividend Growers, Part 4

I recently concluded a series of articles that I have been writing over the past several months in which I identified what I consider to be the best long-term income stocks (based on dividend growth and yield) for investors by comparing S&P 500 stocks within the same industry sector. In this series of articles, I will be following the same process for small-cap stocks within the S&P 600. For Part 4, I will be taking a look at Apparel Stores stocks within the Consumer Cyclical sector. These stocks include: Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO) The Buckle (NYSE: BKE) Cato (NYSE: CATO) Christopher & Banks (NYSE: CBK) Francesca's Holdings (Nasdaq: FRAN) Genesco (NYSE: GCO) Men's Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) Stage Stores (NYSE: SSI) Stein Mart (Nasdaq: SMRT) The Children's Place (Nasdaq: PLCE) Out of these stocks, the following do not currently pay a dividend: Aeropostale, Christopher & Banks, Francesca's Holdings, and Genesco. The Children's Place just began paying a dividend this year, and... Read more