Broadridge is ready to add to your 30% gain

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Broadridge was our #1 Aggressive stock for 2019, and it handed investors a sizeable 30% gain. While we decided to go with Alphabet as our top Aggressive pick in 2020, Broadridge is still a strong choice for the Aggressive portion of your portfolio. The company continues to dominate its niche industry and stands to gain from new regulations that require brokers to disclose more information to their clients. BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $130 is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 114.7 million; Market cap: $14.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.5; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.broadridge.com) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. Since 2017, Broadridge spent roughly $700 million buying 13 smaller firms. Thanks in part to those new operations, its revenue gained 61.9%, from $2.69 billion in 2015 to $4.36 billion in 2019 (fiscal years end June 30). If you exclude integration costs and other unusual items,…