Broadridge gains from key market trends

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Broadridge has a winning business model in expanding markets. We believe that will lead to strong growth in future years. The stock is a Power Buy. BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, $152.74, is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.broadridge.com; Shares outstanding: 118.0 million; Market cap: $18.0 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%) serves the investment industry in three areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing. Broadridge is best known for processing and distributing proxies and regulatory filings for nearly every publicly traded U.S. company and mutual fund, both electronically and by surface mail. That segment comprises about three-quarters of the company’s annual revenue. Fees are tied to the volume of communications that Broadridge delivers—and a surge of interest from individual investors in the last few years has led to a wider group of investors holding more stocks and funds. That translates into increased business for Broadridge. Broadridge also has other businesses providing software that handles back-office functions for money managers, broker-dealers, and other capital markets…