Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB – Get Rating) has been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $17.90.
A number of research firms have issued reports on DNB. Truist Financial reduced their target price on shares of Dun & Bradstreet from $20.00 to $17.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 28th. Needham & Company LLC reduced their target price on shares of Dun & Bradstreet from $21.00 to $18.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, November 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of Dun & Bradstreet from $17.00 to $15.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, November 7th. StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Dun & Bradstreet in a report on Wednesday, October 12th. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Finally, TheStreet downgraded shares of Dun & Bradstreet from a “c-” rating to a “d+” rating in a research note on Friday, September 16th.
Dun & Bradstreet Price Performance
Dun & Bradstreet stock opened at $12.95 on Friday. Dun & Bradstreet has a 52 week low of $11.23 and a 52 week high of $20.86. The company has a quick ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $12.90 and its 200 day simple moving average is $14.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.64 billion, a PE ratio of -161.88, a P/E/G ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 0.80.
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 3rd. The business services provider reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.27 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $556.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $559.43 million. Dun & Bradstreet had a positive return on equity of 11.80% and a negative net margin of 1.65%. On average, equities research analysts predict that Dun & Bradstreet will post 1.02 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Dun & Bradstreet Announces Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 1st will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 30th. Dun & Bradstreet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -250.00%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, Director Thomas H. Lee Advisors, Llc sold 8,287,846 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.40, for a total transaction of $111,057,136.40. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 49,579,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $664,368,931.40. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 9.60% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Trading of Dun & Bradstreet
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. American International Group Inc. increased its position in Dun & Bradstreet by 57.1% during the 2nd quarter. American International Group Inc. now owns 2,631 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 956 shares in the last quarter. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. boosted its holdings in Dun & Bradstreet by 287.3% in the 1st quarter. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. now owns 2,750 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $48,000 after acquiring an additional 2,040 shares during the period. MetLife Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in Dun & Bradstreet in the 1st quarter worth approximately $56,000. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. purchased a new position in Dun & Bradstreet in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Dun & Bradstreet by 5,483.1% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 3,964 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $70,000 after acquiring an additional 3,893 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.43% of the company’s stock.
Dun & Bradstreet Company Profile
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc provides business decisioning data and analytics in North America and internationally. It offers finance and risk solutions, including D&B Finance Analytics, an online application that offers clients real time access to its information, comprehensive monitoring, and portfolio analysis; D&B Direct, an application programming interface (API) that delivers risk and financial data directly into enterprise applications for real-time credit decision making; D&B Small Business, a suite of powerful tools that allows SMBs to monitor and build their business credit file; D&B Enterprise Risk Assessment Manager, a solution for managing and automating credit decisioning and reporting; and InfoTorg, an online SaaS application.
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