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WYNDHAM DESTINATIONS INC. $43 (New York symbol WYND; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 99.9 million; Market cap: $4.3 billion; Divd. yield: 4.2%; Divd. Sustainability Rating: Above Average, www.wyndhamdestinations.com) is the world’s largest vacation ownership and exchange company. It operates 220 vacation timeshare resorts with 880,000 owners. On June 1, 2018, Wyndham Worldwide (old New York symbol WYN) spun off Wyndham Hotels. Investors received one share of the new company for each WYN share they held. The remaining firm then changed its name to Wyndham Destinations. With the March 2019 payment, Wyndham Destinations increased its quarterly dividend by 9.8%, to $0.45 a share from $0.41. The new annual rate of $1.80 yields a high 4.2%. In the quarter ended June 30, 2019, overall revenue rose 3.2%, to $1.04 billion from $1.00 billion a year earlier. The company’s vacation ownership segment, which accounts for 78% of its overall revenue, saw sales increase by 5.2% during the quarter, offset by lower sales in its Exchange & Rentals…