Micro-Cap: Strong Dividends

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MICRO-CAP

STOCKS

with STRONG DIVIDENDS

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s there anything more alluring than the thought of a ten-bagger micro-cap stock? Tiny stocks with big potential. With help from DividendChannel.com we have taken this ideal one step

further. In this report you will find details on micro-cap companies most people have never heard of, but still have a strong history of paying dividends. Solid dividends and high yields are great indicators of a company that is in decent financial shape, and thus make a great starting point when vetting micro-caps. In this report DividendChannel.com used its proprietary DividendRank formula to isolate companies from 17 different sectors that have small market capitalization but also big dividends. In order to make the list, these stocks also passed additional screenings for dividend history and yield, book value, and quarterly earnings. The resulting list provides investors with 17 investment opportunities that have the potential to provide solid returns with the least amount of risk that can be found among their peers.

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Business Services & Equipment


DividendRank #1 #2 #3 Symbol VSEC BBSI KELYB Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.28 1.14% Q 0.44 2.28% Q 0.20 1.25%

Spotlight On: BBSI 2.3% Yield


Barrett Business Services, Inc.

*(updated 9 hours, 33 minutes ago) Yield calculations vary and may not be reliable nor comparable. Not all publicly traded securities are ranked; data may be incorrect or out of date. Rankings are for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Full disclaimer

BBSI Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding BBSI: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Barrett Business Services, Inc. www.barrettbusiness.com Business Services & Equipment 13 (see which ones) $303.7 million $188.0 million 1.71

Barrett Business Services provides human resource management services that include: professional employer organization, in which BBSI enters into a contract to become a co-employer of the client's existing workforce and assumes responsibility for some or all of the client's human resource management responsibilities; and staffing services, which include on-demand or short-term staffing assignments, long-term or indefinite-term contract staffing and on-site management. BBSI's human resource management services encompass five major categories: payroll processing; employee benefits and administration; human resource management; risk management; and workers' compensation coverage.

Construction
DividendRank #1 Symbol MLR Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.48 2.93%

Spotlight On: MLR 2.9% Yield


Miller Industries Inc.

*(updated 9 hours, 33 minutes ago) Yield calculations vary and may not be reliable nor comparable. Not all publicly traded securities are ranked; data may be incorrect or out of date. Rankings are for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Full disclaimer

MLR Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding MLR: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Miller Industries Inc. (TN) www.millerind.com Construction 17 (see which ones) $383.0 million $182.9 million 1.78

Miller Industries is a manufacturer of vehicle towing and recovery equipment. It manufactures the bodies of wreckers and car carriers that are installed on truck chassis manufactured by third parties. MLR also purchases the truck chassis for resale to its customers. In addition, it manufactures a line of transport trailers. MLR's products are sold through independent distributors that serve all 50 states, Canada and Mexico, and other foreign markets including Europe, the Pacific Rim, the Middle East, South America and Africa, and through prime contractors to governmental entities. In addition to selling its products to towing operators, MLR's distributors provide parts and service.

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Consumer Goods
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 Symbol DEER CBK ALOT TAP.A ODC RMCF PETS LCUT TIS BONT Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.20 3.81% Q 0.24 8.67% Q 0.28 3.74% Q 1.28 3.08% Q 0.68 3.36% Q 0.40 4.51% Q 0.50 5.41% Q 0.10 0.84% Q 0.80 5.28% Q 0.20 5.94%

Spotlight On: CBK 8.7% Yield


Christopher & Banks Corp.

*(updated 9 hours, 33 minutes ago) Yield calculations vary and may not be reliable nor comparable. Not all publicly traded securities are ranked; data may be incorrect or out of date. Rankings are for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Full disclaimer

CBK Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding CBK: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Christopher & Banks Corp. www.christopherandbanks.com;www. cjbanks.com Apparel Stores 28 (see which ones)Revenues (TTM): $440.6 million $100.9 million -1.05

Christopher & Banks is a retailer of women's apparel, which operates retail stores through its wholly owned subsidiaries. Aa of April 2011, it operated 770 stores in 46 states, including 509 Christopher & Banks stores, 245 C.J. Banks stores, nine dual-concept stores and seven outlet stores. CBK has two operating segments: Christopher & Banks, which provides casual lifestyle brand fashions and a range of women's apparel in sizes 4 to 16 in its Christopher & Banks stores and on its Web site at www.christopherandbanks. com; and C.J. Banks, which provides similar assortments of women's apparel in sizes 14W to 26W in its C.J. Banks stores and on its Web site.

Consumer Services
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 Symbol LINC CLCT CSV NAUH TUC Dividend Recent Yield* Q 1.00 13.97% Q 1.30 9.26% Q 0.10 1.79% Q 0.13 1.76% Q 0.22 1.58%

Spotlight On: LINC 14.0% Yield


Lincoln Educational Services Corp

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LINC Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding LINC: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Lincoln Educational Services Corp www.lincolneducationalservices.com Education & Training Services 37 (see which ones) $564.1 million $163.8 million 1.55 Lincoln Educational Services is a provider of career-oriented post-secondary education. It provides recent high school graduates and working adults degree and diploma programs in five areas of study: health sciences, automotive technology, skilled trades, business and information technology and hospitality services. All of LINC's schools operate under the Lincoln Technical Institute, Lincoln College of Technology, Lincoln College of New England, Nashville Auto-Diesel College and Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts and Sciences brand names. As of December 2010, it enrolled 29,221 students at its 45 campuses across 17 states.

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Energy
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Symbol AE DCIX NNA DHT DOM NGT Dividend Recent Yield* A 0.57 2.05% Q 0.6 12.80% Q 0.20 7.64% Q 0.12 11.33% Q0.905236 9.46% Q 0.97 4.13%

Spotlight On: DCIX 12.8% Yield


Diana Containerships Inc.

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DCIX Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Diana Containerships Inc. www.dcontainerships.com Transportation & Pipelines $20.5 million $133.8 million 0.21 Diana Containerships is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries it owns and operates containerships and pursue containership acquisition opportunities. Each of DCIX's vessels is owned by separate wholly-owned subsidiaries.

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Financial
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 Symbol MCC HRZN FDUS GLAD CFNB CFD AI NMFC ALNC HARL Dividend Recent Yield* Q 1.00 10.28% Q 1.80 11.26% Q 1.28 10.51% M 0.84 10.65% A 1.10 6.99% M 1.74 8.38% Q 3.50 17.08% Q 1.20 9.12% Q 1.24 4.20% Q 0.76 5.43%

Spotlight On: AI 17.1% Yield


Arlington Asset Investment Corp

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AI Key Stats
Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding AI: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Arlington Asset Investment Corp www.arlingtonasset.com Credit Services & Lending 16 (see which ones) $47.0 million $162.9 million 2.10

Arlington Asset Investment is an investment firm, engaged in the acquisition of mortgage-related and other assets. It acquires, on a leveraged basis, residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS), either issued by a U.S. Government agency, or guaranteed as to principal and interest by U.S. Government agencies or U.S. Government-sponsored entities (agencybacked MBS). AI acquires direct interests in residential MBS guaranteed as to principal and interest by Fannie Mae MBS and Freddie Mac MBS. It also acquires MBS issued by private organizations by Residential Prime Senior MBS, Residential Non-Prime Senior MBS, Residential Subordinate MBS, and Residential Re-REMIC Support MBS.

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Health Care
DividendRank #1 #2 Symbol UTMD LMAT Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.96 3.64% Q 0.08 1.49%

Spotlight On: UTMD 3.6% Yield


Utah Medical Products, Inc.

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UTMD Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding UTMD: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Utah Medical Products, Inc. www.utahmed.com Medical Instruments & Supplies 2 (see which ones) $34.2 million $96.5 million 1.94

Utah Medical Products produces medical devices that are disposable and for hospital use. It has four product categories: obstetrics, comprised of labor and delivery management tools for monitoring fetal and maternal wellbeing; gynecology/electrosurgery/urology, comprised of tools for gynecological procedures associated mainly with cervical/uterine disease, excision and incision tools, urinary incontinence therapy devices, and urology tools; neonatal intensive care, comprised of devices that provide care to ill babies; and blood pressure monitoring/accessories/other, comprised of components as well as molded parts sold on an original equipment manufacturer basis to other companies.

Industrial
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Symbol HDNG SCX CCF MPR ACET LAWS EML SIF KMGB Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.08 0.91% Q 0.40 3.31% A 0.35 2.71% Q 0.284 3.17% S 0.20 2.88% Q 0.48 3.15% Q 0.36 1.89% A 0.20 1.06% Q 0.10 0.64%

Spotlight On: SCX 3.3% Yield


L.S. Starrett Co.

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SCX Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding SCX: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Starrett (L.S.) Co. www.starrett.com Industrial Machinery & Equipment 3 (see which ones) $250.7 million $81.7 million 1.16

L.S. Starrett is engaged in the business of manufacturing industrial, professional and consumer measuring and cutting tools and related products. Its products include precision tools, electronic gages, gage blocks, optical and vision measuring equipment, granite surface plates, tape measures, levels, chalk products, squares, band saw blades, hole saws, hacksaw blades, jig saw blades, reciprocating saw blades, M1 lubricant and precision ground flat stock. Consumers include the metalworking industry such as aerospace, medical, and automotive, as well as marine and farm equipment shops, do-it-yourselfers and tradesmen such as builders, carpenters, plumbers and electricians.

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Manufacturing
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 Symbol JCS SGC WRLS BSET DFZ HOFT FLXS CHKE STRT BOOT Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.60 4.11% Q 0.54 4.23% Q 0.44 5.89% Q 0.14 1.72% Q 0.28 2.16% Q 0.40 4.14% Q 0.40 2.90% Q 0.80 6.39% Q 0.40 1.95% Q 0.50 4.10%

Spotlight On: CHKE 6.4% Yield


Cherokee Inc.

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CHKE Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding CHKE: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Cherokee Inc. (DE) www.thecherokeegroup.com Textiles & Apparel 20 (see which ones) $28.6 million $108.0 million 0.83

Cherokee is a licensor of brand names and trademarks for apparel, footwear, home and accessories. Its trademarks include Cherokee, Sideout, Sideout Sport, Carole Little, Saint Tropez-West, Chorus Line, All That Jazz and others. In addition to acquiring brands and licensing its own brands, it assists other brand-owners, companies, wholesalers and retailers in identifying licensees for their brands. When representing brands, CHKE performs a range of services including solicitation of licensees, contract negotiations, and administration and maintenance of license or distribution agreements. At January 2011, it had 30 license agreements covering domestic and international markets.

Materials
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 Symbol ALCO POPE WWAY LMNR Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.48 2.59% Q 1.40 3.26% Q 0.16 3.91% Q 0.125 0.74%

Spotlight On: WWAY 3.9% Yield


Westway Group Inc

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WWAY Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Westway Group Inc www.westway.com Agriculture & Farm Products $386.5 million $247.4 million 0.12

Revenues (TTM): Market capitalization: EPS:

Westway Group is a provider of bulk liquid storage and related services, and a manufacturer and distributor of liquid feed supplements for the livestock industry. Its bulk liquid storage business has locations at port and terminal sites throughout North America and in Western Europe and Asia, providing storage to manufacturers and consumers of agricultural and industrial liquids. WWAY's liquid feed supplements business blend molasses and nutrients to form feed rations, which are sold directly to end users and feed manufacturers, primarily supplying the beef and dairy livestock industries.

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Media
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Symbol CSS CRRC SR AHC VALU RRST Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.60 3.02% Q 0.84 7.75% Q 0.20 8.66% Q 0.24 5.68% Q 0.80 6.45% S 0.18 4.45%

Spotlight On: SR 8.7% Yield


Standard Register Co.

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SR Key Stats
Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding SR: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Standard Register Co. www.standardregister.com Publishing & Printing 17 (see which ones) $659.4 million $69.2 million 0.35 Standard Register is a provider of business documents. It partners with its customers to manage and source their document and print-related spending. In addition to producing printed documents, SR also helps companies migrate from paper-based to digital processes by providing tools to manage the lifecycle of their documents from concept to delivery. SR's products and services include: printed forms and documents, labels, and workflow software. Its operations include four reportable segments based upon the primary markets it serves: health care, financial services, commercial markets, and industrial.

Metals & Mining


DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 Symbol FRD OXF AMWD SYNL IIIN Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.52 4.84% Q 1.75 10.06% Q 0.36 2.89% A 0.25 2.45% Q 0.12 1.14%

Spotlight On: OXF 10.1% Yield


Oxford Resource Partners LP

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OXF Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Oxford Resource Partners LP www.oxfordresources.com Metals & Mining $389.5 million $361.0 miilion -0.45 Oxford Resource Partners is a producer of steam coal and surface mined coal in Ohio. Its reserves and operations are located in Northern Appalachia and the Illinois Basin to serve its primary market area of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. OXF markets its coal primarily to utilities with coal-fired, base-load scrubbed power plants under long-term coal sales contracts. As of December 2010, it owned and/or controlled 93.5 million tons of proven and probable coal reserves.

Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS:

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Real Estate
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 Symbol ARCP WSR GOOD NYMT STAG FRCCO UMH MTR TRNO CLDT Dividend Recent Yield* M 0.8748 8.54% M 1.14 9.64% M 1.50 8.74% Q 1.00 14.56% Q 1.04 9.83% Q 1.8125 6.84% Q 0.72 7.68% M 3.29 7.61% Q 0.40 2.99% Q 0.70 6.40%

Spotlight On: NYMT 14.6% Yield


New York Mortgage Trust Inc

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NYMT Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding NYMT: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: New York Mortgage Trust Inc www.nymtrust.com REITs 4 (see which ones) $16.1 million $76.6 million 0.79

New York Mortgage Trust is engaged in the business of acquiring, investing in, financing and managing mortgage-related assets. Its targeted assets include: agency residential adjustable-rate, hybrid adjustable-rate and fixed-rate mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and non-Agency RMBS; prime adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts; commercial mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate-related debt investments. NYMT also acquires and manages other mortgage-related and financial assets including certain non-rated residential mortgage assets and collateralized loan obligations and certain mortgage-related derivatives.

Technology
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 Symbol EVOL ESP DDIC TESS WSTG QADA TST MOCO AMOT JST Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.20 2.61% Q 0.90 3.89% Q 0.40 4.45% Q 0.60 4.34% Q 0.64 5.34% Q 0.288 2.61% Q 0.10 6.10% Q 0.40 2.50% Q 0.08 1.30% S 0.14 1.62%

Spotlight On: TST 6.1% Yield


TheStreet, Inc.

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TST Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding TST: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: TheStreet, Inc. www.t.st Application Software 3 (see which ones) $58.2 million $53.8 million -0.25

TheStreet.com is a digital financial media company. It provides its feebased content and advertising-supported content through a network of electronic services including: Web sites, blogs, widgets, email services, mobile devices, podcasts and online video channels. Its main advertisingsupported property is TheStreet, a paid subscription financial news and commentary Web site. TST's subscription products include paid Web sites such as, RealMoney, RealMoney Silver, Options Profits, Actions Alerts PLUS, and Stocks Under $10. Its services business includes information services revenue from its RateWatch business.

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Transportation
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 Symbol ESEA ISH BALT PWX Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.28 10.61% Q 1.50 7.98% Q 0.48 9.31% Q 0.16 1.34%

Spotlight On: ESEA 10.6% Yield


Euroseas Ltd

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ESEA Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding ESEA: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Euroseas Ltd www.euroseas.gr Shipping 1 (see which ones) $58.8 million $82.1 million -0.03

Euroseas is an independent shipping company that operates in the drybulk, container and multipurpose shipping industry. It owns and operates drybulk carriers that transport major bulks such as iron ore, coal and grains, and minor bulks such as bauxite, phosphate and fertilizers. It also owns and operates containerships and multipurpose vessels that transport dry and refrigerated containerized cargoes, mainly including manufactured products and perishables.

Travel & Entertainment


DividendRank #1 #2 #3 Symbol EPAX FRS GPIC Dividend Recent Yield* Q 0.24 5.13% Q 0.64 3.24% A 0.18 2.86%

Spotlight On: EPAX 5.1% Yield


Ambassadors Group Inc

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EPAX Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding EPAX: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Ambassadors Group Inc www.AmbassadorsGroup.com Hotels, Lodging, Restaurants & Travel 21 (see which ones) Ambassadors Group is an educational company that organizes and promotes $69.3 million travel programs for students, athletes and professionals, and provides online $79.9 million research content. Its educational travel programs include people to 0.22 people student ambassador programs, people to people sports ambassador programs, people to people leadership summit and world leadership forum, discovery student adventures, and people to people citizen ambassador programs. EPAX has two segments: ambassador programs and other, which represents its educational travel services; and BookRags, an educational website that provides book summaries, critical essays, lesson plans, biographies and references to encyclopedia articles.

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Utilities
DividendRank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 Symbol WWVY HTCO CECE PNNW DGAS EGAS SURW ARTNA CWCO Dividend Recent Yield* Q 1.04 7.71% Q 0.56 5.14% Q 0.10 1.63% Q 0.74 2.58% Q 1.40 4.32% M 0.54 4.92% Q 0.40 3.40% Q 0.772 4.19% Q 0.30 3.65%

Spotlight On: WWVY 7.7% Yield


Warwick Valley Telephone Co.

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WWVY Key Stats


Name: Website: Sector: Number of ETFs Holding WWVY: Revenues (TTM): Market Capitalization: EPS: Warwick Valley Telephone Co. www.wvtc.com Communications Services 2 (see which ones) $24.5 million $73.5 million 0.30

Warwick Valley Telephone provides communications services to customers in the towns of Warwick, Goshen, and Wallkill, NY, and the townships of Vernon and West Milford, NJ, as well as upstate New York and selected other states. It has two operating segments: telephone, providing telecommunications services including local network services, network access services, long distance services, directory services and other services and sales; and online, providing broadband and dial-up Internet access services, Voice over Internet Protocol services, and video over its landline network and in partnership with DIRECTV, a provider of digital television service.

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