Analysts Set Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) PT at $13.83

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

DNB has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and set a $17.00 target price on shares of Dun & Bradstreet in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Barclays increased their price target on Dun & Bradstreet from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Dun & Bradstreet from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd.

Dun & Bradstreet Price Performance

Shares of NYSE DNB traded down $0.05 during trading on Friday, reaching $12.28. The company had a trading volume of 1,202,443 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,255,354. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $5.42 billion, a PE ratio of -153.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.44 and a beta of 1.16. Dun & Bradstreet has a twelve month low of $8.77 and a twelve month high of $12.94. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $12.12 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $11.31.

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The business services provider reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.27. Dun & Bradstreet had a negative net margin of 1.46% and a positive return on equity of 11.50%. The firm had revenue of $609.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $605.64 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.23 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Dun & Bradstreet will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Dun & Bradstreet Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 5th were paid a $0.05 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.63%. Dun & Bradstreet's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -250.00%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Dun & Bradstreet

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 9.8% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,227,336 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $60,167,000 after purchasing an additional 468,027 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Dun & Bradstreet by 23.7% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,976,053 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $45,764,000 after buying an additional 760,956 shares in the last quarter. Versor Investments LP purchased a new position in Dun & Bradstreet in the 2nd quarter valued at about $575,000. Barclays PLC grew its stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 144.9% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,192,700 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $13,728,000 after acquiring an additional 705,707 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 7.4% in 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 acquiring an additional 1,451,705 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.68% of the company's stock.

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.