Dividend-paying companies such as Zytronic and SThree can help grow your portfolio income through their sizeable dividend payouts. Great dividend payers create a safe bet to increase investors’ portfolio value as payouts provide steady income and cushion against market risks Dividends play a key role in compounding returns over time and can form a large part of our portfolio return. I’ve made a list of other value-adding dividend-paying stocks for you to consider for your investment portfolio.

Zytronic plc (AIM:ZYT)

Zytronic plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures interactive touch sensor products. Founded in 1999, and now run by Mark Cambridge, the company employs 190 people and with the stock’s market cap sitting at GBP £70.99M, it comes under the small-cap category.

ZYT has a sumptuous dividend yield of 4.35% and distributes 65.51% of its earnings to shareholders as dividends , with the expected payout in three years hitting 85.81%. In the last 10 years, shareholders would have been happy to see the company increase its dividend from UK£0.03 to UK£0.19. Much to the delight of shareholders, the company has not missed a payment during this time. It should comfort potential investors that the company isn’t expensive when we look at its PE ratio compared to the GB Electronic industry. Zytronic’s PE ratio is 15.1 while its industry average is 15.7. More detail on Zytronic here.

SThree plc (LSE:STHR)

SThree plc provides recruitment services for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics industries primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Continental Europe, the United States, and the Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Founded in 1986, and headed by CEO Gary Elden, the company now has 2,866 employees and with the company’s market cap sitting at GBP £435.81M, it falls under the small-cap stocks category.

STHR has a sumptuous dividend yield of 4.01% and is currently distributing 65.17% of profits to shareholders . In the last 10 years, shareholders would have been happy to see the company increase its dividend from UK£0.093 to UK£0.14. The company has been a dependable payer too, not missing a payment in this 10 year period. If analysts are correct, SThree has some strong future growth on the horizon with an expected increase in EPS of 78.09% over the next three years. More detail on SThree here.

International Personal Finance Plc (LSE:IPF)

International Personal Finance plc provides home credit and digital loans under the Provident brand in Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Southern Europe, and Mexico. Founded in 1997, and run by CEO Gerard Ryan, the company employs 7,584 people and with the company’s market capitalisation at GBP £522.75M, we can put it in the small-cap stocks category.