Topic: Growth Stocks

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS $55.76 – New York symbol BR

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS $55.76 (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (201-714-3000; www.broadridge.com; Shares outstanding: 119.9 million; Market cap: $6.7 billion; Dividend yield: 2.2%) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. The company processes 90% of all proxy votes in the U.S. and Canada.

Without one-time items, Broadridge earned $171.5 million in its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter, which ended June 30, 2015. That’s up 18.6% from $144.6 million a year earlier. Earnings per share rose 20.7%, to $1.40 from $1.16, on fewer shares outstanding.

Revenue gained 4.9%, to $929.6 million from $885.9 million. The company continues to add new clients and is doing a good job of holding on to existing ones. Recurring fee revenue rose 7% in the latest quarter and accounted for 65% of the total.

The company typically makes about half of its profits in its fiscal fourth quarter, which is the busiest period for processing proxies and annual reports.

Broadridge expects its earnings per share to rise 8% to 12% in fiscal 2016, and the stock trades at 20.5 times the midpoint of that forecast ($2.72 a share). That’s still reasonable in light of its high market share and strong growth prospects.

The company also raised its quarterly dividend by 11.1%, to $0.30 a share from $0.27. The new annual rate of $1.20 yields 2.2%.

Broadridge is a buy.

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