Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB – Get Rating) Director Richard N. Massey sold 100,000 shares of Dun & Bradstreet in a trade dated Tuesday, June 21. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.90, for a total transaction of $1,490,000.00. Following the transaction, the administrator now directly owns 199,882 shares of the company, valued at $2,978,241.80. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available on the SEC’s website.
DNB shares rose $0.03 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $14.60. The company had a trading volume of 1,493,447 shares, compared to an average volume of 1,729,553. The company has a fifty-day moving average price of $16.08 and a 200-day moving average price of 17, $76. Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. has a one-year low of $13.67 and a one-year high of $22.88. The company has a market capitalization of $6.34 billion, a PE ratio of -81.11, a growth price-earnings ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a debt ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a current ratio of 0.75.
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB – Get Rating) last reported quarterly results on Monday, May 9. The business services provider reported EPS of $0.24 for the quarter, beating analyst consensus estimates of $0.23 by $0.01. Dun & Bradstreet recorded a negative net margin of 3.55% and a positive return on equity of 12.28%. The company posted revenue of $536.00 million in the quarter, versus analyst estimates of $527.29 million. In the same period a year earlier, the company posted earnings per share of $0.23. The company’s revenue for the quarter increased 5.3% year over year. Equity research analysts expect Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. to post EPS of 1.09 for the current year.
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Several hedge funds have recently changed their positions in the company. Cannae Holdings Inc. increased its position in Dun & Bradstreet by 29.7% during the first quarter. Cannae Holdings Inc. now owns 88,278,041 shares of the business services provider valued at $1,546,631,000 after purchasing an additional 20,225,711 shares during the period. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. increased its position in Dun & Bradstreet by 182.1% during the first quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. now owns 15,891,894 shares of the business services provider valued at $278,426,000 after purchasing an additional 10,257,937 shares during the period. Thomas H Lee Partners LP increased its position in Dun & Bradstreet by 19.7% during the first quarter. Thomas H Lee Partners LP now owns 57,867,617 shares of the business services provider valued at $1,013,841,000 after purchasing an additional 9,515,754 shares during the period. River Road Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Dun & Bradstreet during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $142,529,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in Dun & Bradstreet by 1,045.5% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 6,930,973 shares of the business services provider valued at $142,016,000 after purchasing an additional 6,325,905 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors hold 93.47% of the company’s shares.
A number of brokerages have recently released reports on DNB. Bank of America began covering Dun & Bradstreet shares in a research report on Friday, March 11. They set an “underperforming” rating for the company. StockNews.com launched coverage on Dun & Bradstreet shares in a Thursday, March 31 report. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft launched a hedge on Dun & Bradstreet shares in a Wednesday, March 30 report. They issued a “hold” rating and a target price of $20.00 for the company. Needham & Company LLC cut its price target on Dun & Bradstreet shares from $28.00 to $21.00 in a Tuesday, May 10 report. Finally, Credit Suisse Group cut its price target on Dun & Bradstreet shares from $30.00 to $23.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a Tuesday, May 10 report. One equity research analyst gave the stock a sell rating, five issued a hold rating and two gave the company a buy rating. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $21.14.
Dun & Bradstreet Company Profile (Get an assessment)
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc provides business decision data and analytics in North America and internationally. It offers finance and risk management solutions, including D&B Finance Analytics, an online application that provides clients with 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 business applications for real-time credit decision making; D&B Small Business, a suite of powerful tools that allows SMEs to monitor and build their business credit history; D&B Enterprise Risk Assessment Manager, a solution for managing and automating credit decisions and reports; and InfoTorg, an online SaaS application.
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