Further to my previous post – and paraphrasing from the link below:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The Best Dividend Payers of the Past Decade

As you may have already guessed, that means that all of these companies were small caps (meaning they had a market cap of less than $1 billion) a decade ago. But the dividends they paid didn't hamper their growth, and they rewarded investors with payouts even when the market was volatile.

The dividend wrap-up
It's not a complete surprise that the best returns among dividend payers would come from smaller companies. In fact, it's precisely what I expected, since it's easier for smaller businesses to achieve high growth rates for periods of five to 10 years.

http://www.fool.com/investing/dividends-income/2007/03/27/the-best-dividend-payers-of-the-past-decade.aspx?source=eptyholnk303100&amp;logvisit=y&npu=y&bounce=y