Dividend increase: Wyndham Dest.

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WYNDHAM DESTINATIONS INC. $43 (New York symbol WYND; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 93.7 million; Market cap: $4.0 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 almost 900,000 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 (New York symbol WYND). 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%. Wyndham Destinations is a buy. buy…