Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Analysts

Shares of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) have received an average rating of “Hold” from the six research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $12.50.

DNB has been the subject of several analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC reduced their target price on Dun & Bradstreet from $17.00 to $14.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $12.00 target price on shares of Dun & Bradstreet in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on Dun & Bradstreet from $12.80 to $11.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. State Street Corp lifted its holdings 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 buying an additional 468,027 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 23.7% during the third 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 during the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 15.5% during the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 60,548 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $754,000 after buying an additional 8,103 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its holdings 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 worth $13,728,000 after buying an additional 705,707 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 62.2% during the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 27,795 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $320,000 after buying an additional 10,658 shares during the last quarter. 86.68% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Dun & Bradstreet Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of Dun & Bradstreet stock opened at $9.45 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $4.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -118.06, a P/E/G ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.70. Dun & Bradstreet has a 52-week low of $8.77 and a 52-week high of $12.94. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $11.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $11.76.

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The business services provider reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.32 by ($0.05). The firm had revenue of $631.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $658.04 million. Dun & Bradstreet had a negative net margin of 1.46% and a positive return on equity of 11.50%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Dun & Bradstreet will post 0.88 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Dun & Bradstreet Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 6th will be issued a dividend of $0.05 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 6th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.12%. Dun & Bradstreet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -333.33%.

Dun & Bradstreet Company Profile

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc engages in providing business decisioning data and analytics solutions. The firm is involved in providing information with its solutions to support its clients with critical business operations. It offers end-to-end solutions to clients in the small business, finance, sales & marketing, third party risk & compliance, and public sectors.