More to come even after its big gain

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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $181 is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 116.2 million; Market cap: $21.0 billion; Dividend yield: 1.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.broadridge.com) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. With the October 2021 payment, Broadridge raised your quarterly dividend by 11.3%. Investors now receive $0.64 a share, up from $0.575. The new annual rate of $2.56 yields 1.4%. Broadridge will probably earn $6.40 a share in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The stock has jumped 30% in the past year, and now trades at 28.3 times that estimate. That’s an acceptable p/e as the company continues to gain from financial services firms looking to outsource work to cut back-office and staffing costs. Broadridge is a buy. buy…