Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Shares of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB - Get Free Report) have been given a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" by the seven analysts that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $13.64.

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Raymond James raised shares of Dun & Bradstreet from an "outperform" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and set a $18.00 price objective for the company in a report on Friday, January 5th. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of Dun & Bradstreet from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of Dun & Bradstreet from $10.30 to $11.50 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, February 16th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC decreased their price target on shares of Dun & Bradstreet from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 16th.

Dun & Bradstreet Stock Performance

Shares of DNB traded up $0.12 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $9.31. 2,714,013 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,545,963. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 0.63. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $10.02 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $10.47. Dun & Bradstreet has a 1 year low of $8.68 and a 1 year high of $12.62. The stock has a market cap of $4.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -84.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.15.

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 15th. The business services provider reported $0.32 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.01. Dun & Bradstreet had a negative net margin of 2.03% and a positive return on equity of 10.65%. The firm had revenue of $630.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $623.19 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.28 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts anticipate that Dun & Bradstreet will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current year.

Dun & Bradstreet Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 7th were paid a $0.05 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 6th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.15%. Dun & Bradstreet's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -181.82%.

Insider Transactions at Dun & Bradstreet

In other news, Director Cannae Holdings, Inc. sold 10,000,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.09, for a total value of $100,900,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 69,048,691 shares of the company's stock, valued at $696,701,292.19. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 10.00% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Dun & Bradstreet

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust grew its stake in Dun & Bradstreet by 7,260.5% during the fourth quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 2,797 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 2,759 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC grew its stake in Dun & Bradstreet by 100.7% during the fourth quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 3,541 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 1,777 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC grew its stake in Dun & Bradstreet by 51.0% during the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 5,370 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $54,000 after acquiring an additional 1,813 shares in the last quarter. Counterpoint Mutual Funds LLC purchased a new position in Dun & Bradstreet during the third quarter valued at $100,000. Finally, Corton Capital Inc. purchased a new position in Dun & Bradstreet during the third quarter valued at $105,000. 86.68% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Dun & Bradstreet

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.