With 5.3 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.22 million shares. The 52-week range on DNB shows that it touched its highest point at $12.94 and its lowest point at $8.77 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.44. With its current market cap of 4.00 billion, DNB has annualized dividend of $0.20 while the current yield stands at 2.21%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.20.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of DNB was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -13.87%, but this was down by -22.81% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -26.74% while six-month performance fell -25.23%. The stock lost -14.76% in the past year, while it has lost -27.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DNB yields -0.07 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.15. For the next quarter, that number is 0.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.37% for this year and 9.08% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.08% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 47.07%.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for DNB since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.03423 being high and $0.99407 being low. For DNB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.01415.
