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

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the seven research firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, two have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $13.83.

A number of analysts recently commented on DNB shares. StockNews.com upgraded Dun & Bradstreet from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and issued a $17.00 target price on shares of Dun & Bradstreet in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price 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.

Institutional Trading of Dun & Bradstreet

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of DNB. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 129.1% in the 2nd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 4,549 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $46,000 after purchasing an additional 2,563 shares during the period. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board raised its stake in Dun & Bradstreet by 85.1% during the 2nd quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 8,700 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $81,000 after acquiring an additional 4,000 shares during the period. Xponance Inc. bought a new stake in Dun & Bradstreet during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $100,000. KBC Group NV raised its stake in Dun & Bradstreet by 33.9% during the 3rd quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 9,878 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $114,000 after acquiring an additional 2,499 shares during the period. Finally, Paloma Partners Management Co bought a new stake in Dun & Bradstreet during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $117,000. 86.68% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Dun & Bradstreet Trading Up 0.3 %

Dun & Bradstreet stock traded up $0.04 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $12.63. 618,710 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,330,443. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $11.78 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $10.99. The company has a quick ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. Dun & Bradstreet has a 12 month low of $8.77 and a 12 month high of $12.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -157.38, a PEG ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 1.16.

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The business services provider reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.27. The firm had revenue of $609.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $605.64 million. Dun & Bradstreet had a negative net margin of 1.46% and a positive return on equity of 11.50%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.23 earnings per share. Analysts forecast that Dun & Bradstreet will post 0.88 EPS for the current year.

Dun & Bradstreet Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. Dun & Bradstreet's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -250.00%.

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.