Updating Broadridge Financial, Nissan Motor (ADR), IAMGold and Chipotle Mexican Grill

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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL $68.36 (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (201-714-3000; www. broadridge.com; Shares outstanding: 118.3 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. The company has now announced another acquisition. Broadridge will buy Message Automation Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. That firm makes software to help investment banks and brokers comply with increasing complex securities-trading and reporting regulations. Broadridge is a buy. NISSAN MOTOR (ADR) $20.02 (Nasdaq symbol NSANY; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average) (310-7713111; www.nissan-global.com; ADRs outstanding: 2.1 billion; Market cap: $42.9 billion; Dividend yield: 2.9%) sold a record 135,740 vehicles in the U.S. in February 2017. That’s up 3.7% from February 2016. Truck sales (52% of the total) rose 23.9%; that drove a 22.0% rise in overall sales of Nissan crossovers, trucks and SUVs. It also helped to offset a 12.0% decline in car sales (48%). Nissan Motor is a buy. IAMGOLD $5.21 (Toronto symbol IMG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (1-888-464-9999;…