Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) Receives $13.83 Average PT from Analysts

Shares of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) have earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the six research firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $13.13.

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on DNB shares. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Dun & Bradstreet from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Barclays lifted their price target on Dun & Bradstreet from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $17.00 price objective on shares of Dun & Bradstreet in a research report on Friday, November 1st.

Dun & Bradstreet Stock Performance

Shares of Dun & Bradstreet stock opened at $12.36 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $12.26 and its 200 day simple moving average is $11.41. The company has a current ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. The company has a market capitalization of $5.46 billion, a PE ratio of -154.50, a PEG ratio of 3.44 and a beta of 1.16. Dun & Bradstreet has a 12 month low of $8.77 and a 12 month high of $12.94.

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The business services provider reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27. Dun & Bradstreet had a positive return on equity of 11.50% and a negative net margin of 1.46%. The company had revenue of $609.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $605.64 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.23 earnings per share. Dun & Bradstreet’s revenue was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts predict that Dun & Bradstreet will post 0.88 EPS for the current year.

Dun & Bradstreet Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 5th were issued a $0.05 dividend. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.62%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 5th. Dun & Bradstreet’s payout ratio is -250.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its position in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 56,497,966 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $650,292,000 after purchasing an additional 3,144,458 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its holdings in Dun & Bradstreet by 7.4% during the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 21,085,138 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $242,690,000 after buying an additional 1,451,705 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in Dun & Bradstreet by 14.1% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 14,665,247 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $135,796,000 after acquiring an additional 1,809,638 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Dun & Bradstreet by 17.8% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 11,465,075 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $131,963,000 after acquiring an additional 1,733,220 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Azora Capital LP grew its position in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 119.8% in the 3rd quarter. Azora Capital LP now owns 7,973,354 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $91,773,000 after acquiring an additional 4,346,033 shares during the period. 86.68% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Dun & Bradstreet Company Profile

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides business-to-business 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 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 D&B Risk Analytics, a subscription-based online application that offers clients real-time access to complete and up-to-date global information to mitigate supply chain risk, regulatory risk, and ESG assessment, as well as other related risks; Risk Guardian, a subscription-based online application that offers real-time access to Northern Europe information, monitoring, and portfolio analysis; and D&B Beneficial Ownership that offers risk intelligence on ultimate beneficial ownership.