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Dun & Bradstreet Holdings (Dun & Bradstreet Holdings) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 1.65% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,553 Mil. Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $141 Mil. Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.65%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

DNB' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.54   Med: 1.48   Max: 2.21
Current: 1.9

During the past 7 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings was 2.21%. The lowest was -1.54%. And the median was 1.48%.

DNB's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
52.04% of 784 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 2.39 vs DNB: 1.90

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.33 1.28 1.89 1.65

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.89 1.96 1.72 1.81 1.65

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Dun & Bradstreet Holdingss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=140.8/8552.9216
=1.65 %

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $141 Mil.



Dun & Bradstreet Holdings  (NYSE:DNB) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Dun & Bradstreet Holdings (Dun & Bradstreet Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
5335 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 32256
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc is a provider of business decisioning data and analytics. The company operates in two segments: North America, which offers Finance & Risk and Sales & Marketing data, analytics, and business insights in the United States and Canada; and International, which offers Finance & Risk and Sales & Marketing data, analytics, and business insights directly in the U.K, Europe, Greater China, India and indirectly through its WWN alliances. The company generates maximum revenue from the North American region. Other services provided by the company include digital marketing, sales acceleration, and risk management among others.
Executives
Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund Viii, L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P., 100 FEDERAL STREET, BOSTON MA 02110
Thomas H. Lee Advisors, Llc director, 10 percent owner C/O THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P., 100 FEDERAL STREET, 35TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Anthony Jr Pietrontone officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O DUN & BRADSTREET HOLDINGS, INC., 5335 GATE PARKWAY, JACKSONVILLE FL 32256
Kirsten Marie Kliphouse director 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET, BURLINGTON NC 27215
Bryan T. Hipsher officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O DUN & BRADSTREET HOLDINGS, INC., 5335 GATE PARKWAY, JACKSONVILLE FL 32256
Foley William P Ii director, 10 percent owner, other: Chairman of the Board FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC., 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Anthony M Jabbour director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 601 RIVERSIDE AVE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Richard N Massey director 900 S. SHACKLEFORD ROAD, SUITE 401, LITTLE ROCK AR 72211
Virginia Green Gomez officer: President, North America 5335 GATE PKWY, JACKSONVILLE FL 32256
Cannae Holdings, Inc. director, 10 percent owner C/O CANNAE HOLDINGS, INC., 1701 VILLAGE CENTER CIRCLE, LAS VEGAS NV 89134
Chinh Chu director, 10 percent owner THE BLACKSTONE GROUP, 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10154
Thl Equity Fund Viii Investors (d&b), L.p. director, 10 percent owner C/O THOMAS H. LEE PARTNERS, L.P., 100 FEDERAL STREET, 35TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. director, 10 percent owner 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204
Dnb Holdco, Llc director, 10 percent owner 1701 VILLAGE CENTER CIRCLE, LAS VEGAS NV 89134
Black Knight, Inc. director, 10 percent owner 601 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, JACKSONVILLE FL 32204