The Globe and Mail Published April 7, 2021 Small-cap dividend payers not found in the much-followed S&P/TSX Composite Index. The screen Last week, I highlighted some profitable U.S. mid-cap names that might be flying under your radar. Today, we compile a similar strategy for the Canadian market, but this time focusing on small-cap companies that show steady earnings, sales and profitability in addition to paying sustainable dividends. To find these names, I used Morningstar CPMS to rank the 478 stocks that are not currently in the S&P/TSX Composite Index on the following factors: Three-year sales and earnings growth (how much, on average, top and bottom lines have grown in each of the past three years);