Extend your Finance holdings beyond banks

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These two firms provide vital services that help both businesses and financial service providers operate more efficiently and lower their costs. Both are solid additions to the Finance sector of your portfolio. BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $212 is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 117.7 million; Market cap: $25.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.broadridge.com) 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. It also makes software to handle back-office functions for money managers, broker-dealers, and other capital markets institutions. The company continues to sign new clients to long-term contracts, which cuts its risk. In its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter, ended June 30, 2024, revenue rose 5.7%, to $1.94 billion from $1.84 billion a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, it earned $3.50 a share, up 9.0% from $3.21 a year earlier. For fiscal…