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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS $62.77 (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (201-714-3000; www.broadridge. com; Shares outstanding: 118.5 million; Market cap: $7.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. Investor communications makes up 72% of Broadridge’s revenue. Securities processing and transaction clearing make up the remaining 28%. In the fiscal 2017 first quarter, ended September 30, 2016, the company’s revenue jumped 50.5%, to $895.3 million from $594.7 million. The big increase was because Broadridge purchased the North American Customer Communications business of DST Systems; in July 2016, it paid $410 million in cash for that business. Excluding one-time items, the company earned $43.9 million, or $0.43 a share, in the quarter. That’s up 10.9% from $39.6 million, or $0.33, a year earlier. The DST unit is the largest transactional printer in North America. Transactional printing is the production and mailing, or emailing, of bills, invoices, cheques, insurance policies and other documents specific to each…