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WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS INC. $66 is a buy. The company (New York symbol WH; Cyclical-Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 88.3 million; Market cap: $5.8 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.wyndhamhotels.com) is the world’s largest hotel franchiser, with 843,000 rooms spread across 9,100 hotels in more than 95 countries. Its portfolio of 24 brands includes Super 8, Days Inn, Ramada, La Quinta and Wyndham. The company continues to benefit as COVID-19 travel restrictions ease. As a result, with the March 2023 payment, Wyndham raised your quarterly dividend by 9.4%. Investors now receive $0.35 a share instead of $0.32. The new annual rate of $1.40 yields 2.1%. The stock also trades at a reasonable 16.7 times the $3.96 a share that the company will probably earn in 2023. Wyndham Hotels is a buy. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $159 is a buy. Canada’s largest railway (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 671.0 million; Market cap: $106.7 billion; Dividend yield: 2.0%; Dividend Sustainability…