Earn income from travel surge

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TRAVEL + LEISURE CO. $40 is a buy. The company (New York symbol TNL; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 73.9 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; Dividend yield: 4.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.travelandleisureco.com) is now the world’s largest vacation-ownership and exchange company with 245 timeshare resorts and 833,000 owners. With the March 2023 payment, the company increased your quarterly dividend by 12.5%. The new annual rate of $1.80 yields a high 4.5%. Travel + Leisure’s revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2023, rose 2.9%, to $949 million from $922 million a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, earnings fell 8.3%, to $100 million from $109 million. That was due to higher expenses, including for marketing. Per-share earnings rose 4.7%, to $1.33 from $1.27, on fewer shares outstanding. Travel + Leisure is a buy. buy. …