Updating your High-Growth Payers: Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $119 is a buy. The stock (New York symbol BR; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares o/s: 115.7 million; Market cap: $13.8 billion; Divd. yield: 1.8%; Divd. Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.broadridge.com) lets you tap a company serving the investment industry in three areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. With the October 2019, payment, the company raised its quarterly dividend for investors by 11.3%. You now receive $0.54 a share instead of $0.485. The new annual rate of $2.16 yields 1.8%. Investors have enjoyed an increase in the annual dividend rate every year since the company went public in 2007. In its fiscal 2020 first quarter, ended September 30, 2019, Broadridge’s revenue fell 2.5%, to $949 million from $973 million a year earlier. That’s due to lower event-driven revenue as the year-earlier quarter benefited from a record level of mutual fund proxy activity. However, recent acquisitions continue to boost its recurring fee revenue and cut your risk. In the…