Two picks to diversify your dividend sources

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We continue to recommend income-seeking investors diversify their Finance sector holdings with high-quality non-bank stocks like Broadridge and T. Rowe Price. Both of them also have long histories of annual dividend increases, which further enhances their appeal. BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $144 is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 116.2 million; Market cap: $16.7 billion; Dividend yield: 2.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.broadridge.com) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. Broadridge raised its quarterly dividend by 13.3% with the October 2022 payment, to $0.725 a share from $0.64. The new annual rate of $2.90 yields 2.0%. In its fiscal 2022 fourth quarter, ended June 30, 2022, Broadridge’s revenue rose 12.5%, to $1.72 billion from $1.53 billion a year earlier. The higher revenue also lifted its earnings by 21.0%, to $2.65 a share (or a total of $313.7 million) from $2.19 a share (or $258.2 million). The company continues to sign…