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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS $68.16 (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (201-714-3000; www.broadridge. com; Shares outstanding: 119.1 million; Market cap: $8.0 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. Investor communications makes up 72% of the company’s revenue. Securities processing and transaction clearing make up the remaining 28%. In the fiscal 2017 second quarter, ended December 31, 2016, revenue jumped 39.7%, to $892.6 million from $638.9 million a year earlier. The big increase reflects the contributions of the North American Customer Communications business of DST Systems; Broadridge paid $410 million in cash for that business in July 2016. Excluding one-time items, the company earned $46.8 million in the quarter, up slightly from $46.5 million. Earnings per share rose 2.6%, to $0.39 from $0.38, on fewer shares outstanding. The DST unit is the largest transactional printer in North America. Transactional printing is the production and mailing, or emailing, of customized bills, invoices, cheques, insurance policies…