Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) Stock Position Decreased by Crescent Grove Advisors LLC

Crescent Grove Advisors LLC reduced its stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB - Free Report) by 3.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,140,429 shares of the business services provider's stock after selling 186,325 shares during the period. Dun & Bradstreet accounts for 6.5% of Crescent Grove Advisors LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC owned 1.17% of Dun & Bradstreet worth $60,143,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 29.1% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 35,527,102 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $354,916,000 after acquiring an additional 8,009,051 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors raised its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 3.9% during the 1st quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 26,497,270 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $464,232,000 after acquiring an additional 1,004,250 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 9.0% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 26,295,885 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $262,696,000 after acquiring an additional 2,176,044 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 16.3% during the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 22,810,544 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $263,918,000 after acquiring an additional 3,201,681 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 14,208,101 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $166,235,000 after acquiring an additional 588,460 shares in the last quarter. 86.68% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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 stock was sold at an average price of $10.09, for a total transaction of $100,900,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 69,048,691 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $696,701,292.19. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 10.00% of the company's stock.

Dun & Bradstreet Trading Down 0.3 %

Dun & Bradstreet stock traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $9.39. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,053,148 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,641,991. The company has a 50 day moving average of $10.27 and a 200-day moving average of $10.49. The stock has a market cap of $4.12 billion, a PE ratio of -85.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 0.63. Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. has a one year low of $8.68 and a one year high of $12.62.

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

Dun & Bradstreet Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 7th were given a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.13%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 6th. Dun & Bradstreet's payout ratio is -181.82%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on Dun & Bradstreet from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on Dun & Bradstreet from $10.30 to $11.50 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, February 16th. Raymond James raised Dun & Bradstreet from an "outperform" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and set a $18.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 5th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC cut their target price on Dun & Bradstreet from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 16th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $13.64.

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.

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