19 August, 2017
Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn Llc increased its stake in Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (DNB) by 62.08% based on its latest 2016Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. The firm owned 3,110 shares of the business services provider's stock after buying an additional 210 shares during the period. OLD Mutual Customised Solutions Proprietary Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) by 66.7% in the first quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group owns 602,216 shares valued at $63,733,000.
Whilst there are few things you can like about Dun & Bradstreet from a dividend stock perspective, the truth is that overall it probably is not the best choice for a dividend investor.But if you are not exclusively a dividend investor, DNB could still be an interesting investment opportunity. Bank of Montreal Can increased its stake in Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) by 56.4% in the first quarter. Heartland Advisors Inc. now owns 2,665 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $288,000 after buying an additional 65 shares during the period. Finally, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd increased its stake in Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) by 0.9% in the first quarter.
Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock.
Shares of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE DNB) opened at 114.02 on Thursday. Dun & Bradstreet Corporation has a 1 year low of $100.46 and a 1 year high of $139.86. The stock has a market cap of $4.11 billion, a PE ratio of 37.84 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $107.72 and a 200-day moving average price of $109.19.
Among 5 analysts covering Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), 0 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 4 Hold. As of the latest earnings report the EPS was $2.94 and is estimated to be $7.04 for the current year with 36,957,000 shares now outstanding. The business had revenue of $408.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $410.90 million. Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) had a negative return on equity of 26.85% and a net margin of 6.36%. The business's revenue was up 2.3% compared to the same quarter previous year. (POST). The consensus rating is 1.8, indicating analysts in general look favorably on the company's future prospects. In Thursday trading, Dun & Bradstreet Corp shares are now down about 0.4%, Delta Air Lines Inc shares are down about 0.2%, and Vulcan Materials Co shares are off about 0.7% on the day.
Below are dividend history charts for DNB, DAL, and VMC, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared. The company also recently announced a dividend for shareholders payable on Friday September 8th, 2017. Over the past five trading sessions it is 0.84%; 4.27% for the month; 5.23% for the last quarter; 1.85% for the past six-months; and 2.7% for the last 12 months. The ex-dividend date will be on Monday the 22nd of May 2017. Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The)'s yield ratio (DPR) is 68.37%.
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Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. BidaskClub upgraded Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 29th.
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