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BR · Broadridge Financial Solutions

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Value Scorecard · run 2026-10-18

13 value checks: 12 scored 1 to 5, plus moat evidence

50/60
high value score

Earnings & returns

EPS Trend

5/5

Diluted EPS: $5.30 (2023), $5.86 (2024), $7.10 (2025), $9.60 (2026). It rose every year; the framework scores that as 5.

ROE Trend

5/5

ROE (net income / common equity): 28.1% (2023), 32.2% (2024), 31.6% (2025), 39.6% (2026). Median 31.9%, lowest 28.1%; the framework scores a median above 20% as 5.

ROIC

4/5

ROIC of 17.3%: operating income of $1.30B divided by $7.53B of capital (total assets $8.95B minus current liabilities $1.41B), fiscal year to Jun 30, 2026, as filed in the 10-K (SEC EDGAR). The framework scores 15-20% as 4.

Profit Margins

4/5

Net margin of 15.0%; the framework scores 10-20% as 4; gross margin 31.8%, operating margin 24.6%.

Balance sheet & cash

Debt-to-Equity

3/5

Debt-to-equity of 1.24; the framework scores 0.8-1.5 as 3 (total debt $3.52B, total cash $403.80M).

Free Cash Flow

5/5

Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure): $748.10M (2023), $943.20M (2024), $1.06B (2025), $1.23B (2026). It rose every year; the framework scores that as 5.

Retained Earnings

5/5

Retained earnings, as filed in the 10-Ks (SEC EDGAR): $3.11B (2023), $3.44B (2024), $3.86B (2025), $4.55B (2026). It rose every year; the framework scores that as 5.

Valuation models

Graham IV

5/5

IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y) = $9.60 x (8.5 + 2 x 20.0) x (4.4 / 4.5) = $455.25 (EPS CAGR 28.0% capped at 20%). Current price $175.11; price is 61.5% below the model value.

DCF Value

4/5

FCF/share = $10.580, stage 1 growth = 7.2% for 5 years, terminal growth = 3%, discount rate = 10%. Stage 1 PV = $49.00, PV of terminal value = $136.85, DCF value = $185.84. Current price $175.11; price is 5.8% below the model value.

Margin of Safety

4/5

Graham value $455.25 (price is 61.5% below the model value); DCF value $185.84 (price is 5.8% below the model value).

Price-to-Book

1/5

P/B of 7.03; the framework scores above 5.0 as 1.

Business quality

Moat Evidence

Not scored

A moat (a brand, a network, switching costs, patents, scale, a licence) is not a number in the filings, so Valerius doesn’t score it. Below are the figures and the words moat analysis starts from, from the company’s own 10-K filings. The conclusion is yours.

Return on capital, each year

Above 15% in 7 of 10 years (2017-2026); lowest 9.9%, highest 23.7%.

2017: 22.1%, 2018: 23.7%, 2019: 21.2%, 2020: 17.6%, 2021: 9.9%, 2022: 11.1%, 2023: 16.0%, 2024: 14.9%, 2025: 17.8%, 2026: 17.3%

Gross margin, each year

Between 24.9% and 31.8% over 10 years (a range of 6.9 points).

2017: 24.9%, 2018: 26.8%, 2019: 28.2%, 2020: 27.9%, 2021: 28.5%, 2022: 27.9%, 2023: 29.5%, 2024: 29.7%, 2025: 31.0%, 2026: 31.8%

Competition, in the company’s own words · 10-K filed Aug 4, 2026

We operate in a highly competitive industry. Our Investor Communication Solutions business competes with companies that provide investor communication and corporate governance solutions, as well as our clients’ in-house operations. This includes independent proxy distribution service providers, transfer agents, proxy advisory firms, proxy solicitation firms, firms that process proxy votes, and financial printers. We

The opening of the company’s “Competition” section in its 10-K, quoted word for word, not summarized or edited. It is the company’s own description, not Valerius’s view, and may include the company’s expectations. Open the filing.

Return on capital = operating income / (total assets − current liabilities), the ROIC row’s definition; 15% is the framework’s return threshold. Gross margin = gross profit / revenue. Both from each year’s 10-K via SEC EDGAR. Moat analysis commonly looks at whether returns and margins held up over many years. These figures don’t say whether the company has an advantage, what it is, or whether it will last.

Capital Allocation

5/5

Capital allocation, 2023-2026: dividends or buybacks paid in every year (pass); $2.79B paid out against $3.98B of free cash flow (pass); total debt $3.65B to $3.52B, down 3.7%, 1.9x EBITDA (pass: not up more than 10%); shares outstanding 0.12B to 0.11B, down 3.4% (pass). 4 of 4 tests passed; the framework scores that as 5.

Filings

Company notices to the SEC

Not scored

Three kinds of event the company reported to the SEC in the last 5 years, from its filings on SEC EDGAR.

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These are events the company reported to the SEC. An auditor change or a late filing can have many causes; each date links to the filing, where the company explains it. Valerius does not score these.

How the Graham and DCF values were calculated
  Graham Formula:
    IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y)
    EPS = $9.60, g = 20.0%, Y = 4.5
    g capped at 20.0% (3-year EPS CAGR was 28.0%)
    IV = $455.25
    Current price $175.11 vs Graham value $455.25 — price is 61.5% below the model value.

  DCF:
    FCF/share = $10.580
    Stage 1 growth = 7.2% for 5 years | terminal growth = 3.0% | discount rate = 10.0%
      Y1: $11.342 → PV $10.311
      Y2: $12.159 → PV $10.048
      Y3: $13.034 → PV $9.793
      Y4: $13.972 → PV $9.543
      Y5: $14.978 → PV $9.300
    Stage 1 PV sum = $49.00
    Terminal value at end of Y5 = $220.40
    PV of terminal value = $136.85
    DCF value = $185.84
    Current price $175.11 vs DCF value $185.84 — price is 5.8% below the model value.

Data from yfinance summary figures and financial statements, and from the company’s 10-K filings via SEC EDGAR; computed at a price of $175.11. Every score is calculated from the figures by the framework’s fixed rules, and the explanation beside it is generated from the same figures: Graham value, DCF value, margin of safety, ROIC, profit margins, debt-to-equity, price-to-book, EPS trend, ROE trend, free cash flow, retained earnings and capital allocation. No AI is involved in this scorecard. The moat is shown as evidence, without a score. Read each score with the figures beside it. Intrinsic value calculations are model outputs based on stated assumptions, not predictions.

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