Dun & Bradstreet falls after downbeat annual forecasts, Q4 profit miss

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings

20/02/2025 14:39

** Shares of data and analytics provider Dun & Bradstreet
 DNB.N  fall 6.1% to $9.89 in early trading
    ** DNB posts Q4 adjusted profit of 30 cents/shr, missing
Wall Street expectations of 32 cents/shr, according to estimates
compiled by LSEG
    ** Q4 revenue was flat at $631.9 million vs expectations of
$658 million, hurt by weakness in its North America business
    ** Raymond James says "the wheels fell off for DNB in Q4,"
adding that it does not understand how the management didn't see
the weakness in its North America business coming 
    ** DNB's 2025 revenue and adjusted EPS forecasts also fell
short of Street expectations 
    ** Brokerage says it has a better understanding of why a
deal has not yet come to fruition 
    ** Reuters had exclusively reported last year that DNB was
exploring options including a potential sale
    ** DNB stock down 15.5% YTD

 (Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
 ((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))