Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) Shares Sold by River Road Asset Management LLC

River Road Asset Management LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB - Free Report) by 9.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,811,395 shares of the business services provider's stock after selling 694,003 shares during the quarter. Dun & Bradstreet makes up approximately 1.1% of River Road Asset Management LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th biggest holding. River Road Asset Management LLC owned about 1.55% of Dun & Bradstreet worth $79,693,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Toroso Investments LLC grew its holdings in Dun & Bradstreet by 5.8% in the third quarter. Toroso Investments LLC now owns 15,641 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $194,000 after purchasing an additional 860 shares during the last quarter. American International Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 57.1% during the second quarter. American International Group Inc. now owns 2,631 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 956 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 9.3% during the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 12,294 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $151,000 after buying an additional 1,044 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 13.0% during the first quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 9,616 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $113,000 after buying an additional 1,110 shares during the period. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 5.6% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 21,433 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $214,000 after buying an additional 1,127 shares during the period. 86.68% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Dun & Bradstreet Price Performance

Shares of DNB stock traded down $0.04 on Wednesday, reaching $9.15. 1,766,427 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,610,353. The company has a market cap of $4.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -83.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.15. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $10.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $10.48. 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 1 year low of $8.68 and a 1 year high of $12.62.

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

Dun & Bradstreet Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 7th were paid a dividend of $0.05 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 6th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.19%. Dun & Bradstreet's dividend payout ratio is presently -181.82%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently commented on DNB. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on shares of Dun & Bradstreet from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of Dun & Bradstreet from $10.30 to $11.50 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, February 16th. Needham & Company LLC decreased their target price on shares of Dun & Bradstreet from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 16th. Finally, Raymond James upgraded shares of Dun & Bradstreet from an "outperform" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and set a $18.00 target price for the company in a research report on Friday, January 5th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Dun & Bradstreet currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $13.64.

Insider Activity at Dun & Bradstreet

In related news, Director Cannae Holdings, Inc. sold 10,000,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.09, for a total transaction of $100,900,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 69,048,691 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $696,701,292.19. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 10.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.