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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $147 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. The company has raised its dividend each year since Automatic Data Processing spun it off to its shareholders in 2007. The latest increase came in October 2021 when 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 1.8%. Broadridge stands to gain from the growing push by the financial services industry to improve efficiency and lower costs. New regulations in the U.S. (Regulation Best Interest) and Europe (Shareholder Rights Directive) also brighten its outlook. Longer term, growing consumer demand for passive investment products, like ETFs, should also benefit the company’s investor communications unit. Broadridge is a buy. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. $169 is a..