Broadridge taps AI

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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $172 is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 118.0 million; Market cap: $20.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.4; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.broadridge.com) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing, and transaction clearing. Broadridge has won a U.S. patent for artificial intelligence software that helps wealth management firms identify prospects and reduce loan losses. The technology also helps those clients better identify trends so that they can improve the effectiveness of their marketing activities. Thanks to advances like this, which are helping Broadridge attract new clients, its earnings in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, probably gained 7% to $6.93 a share. The stock, which has gained 10% in the past year, trades at a reasonable 24.8 times that forecast. The $2.90 dividend yields 1.7%. Broadridge is a buy. buy…