Analysts Set Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) PT at $13.64

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the eight research firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, three have assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $13.73.

Several equities analysts have commented on DNB shares. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price objective on Dun & Bradstreet from $15.00 to $12.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on Dun & Bradstreet from $10.40 to $11.80 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $17.00 price target on shares of Dun & Bradstreet in a research report on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Dun & Bradstreet from $11.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Dun & Bradstreet from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Dun & Bradstreet

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its holdings in Dun & Bradstreet by 7,260.5% in the fourth quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 2,797 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 2,759 shares in the last quarter. Evermay Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet during the first quarter worth about $37,000. Signaturefd LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 100.7% during the fourth quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 3,541 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 1,777 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Dun & Bradstreet by 129.1% during the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 4,549 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $46,000 after purchasing an additional 2,563 shares during the period. Finally, Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet during the first quarter worth about $70,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.68% of the company’s stock.

Dun & Bradstreet Stock Performance

Shares of Dun & Bradstreet stock opened at $11.88 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $9.72 and its two-hundred day moving average is $10.11. The company has a market capitalization of $5.26 billion, a PE ratio of -148.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.15. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. Dun & Bradstreet has a 52 week low of $8.68 and a 52 week high of $12.75.

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The business services provider reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.23. The company had revenue of $576.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $580.77 million. Dun & Bradstreet had a positive return on equity of 11.35% and a negative net margin of 1.42%. Dun & Bradstreet’s quarterly revenue was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.17 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Dun & Bradstreet will post 0.89 earnings per share for the current year.

Dun & Bradstreet Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 5th will be issued a $0.05 dividend. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 5th. Dun & Bradstreet’s dividend payout ratio is presently -250.00%.

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.