The Best Small-Cap Dividend Growers: Resources Connection
Published Dec 12, 2014 on Seeking Alpha

I previously concluded a series of articles that 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 10, I will be taking a look at Staffing & Outsourcing Services stocks within the Industrials sector. These stocks include:CDI (NYSE: CDI)Cross Country Healthcare (Nasdaq: CCRN)Dice Holdings (NYSE: DHX)Heidrick & Struggles International (Nasdaq: HSII)Kelly Services (Nasdaq: KELYA)Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY)Monster Worldwide (NYSE: MWW)On Assignment (NYSE: ASGN)Resources Connection (Nasdaq: RECN)TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI)Out of these stocks, the following do not currently pay a dividend: Cross Country Healthcare, Dice Holdings, Korn/Ferry International, Monster Worldwide, On Assignment, and TrueBlue.When ranking the remaining stocks by dividend yield, the order is as follows:CDI - 3.09%Heidrick & Struggles International - 2.45%Resources Connection - 1.95%Kelly Services - 1.18%When ranking the stocks by dividend growth over the past five years, the order is as follows:Resources Connection - 100%CDI - 0%Heidrick & Struggles International - 0%Kelly Services - 0%As you can see, Resources Connection is the only suitable dividend growth investment option, as the other three dividend paying stocks have not increased their... Read more