Analysts await Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) (NASDAQ:DNB) to report earnings on May, 09 for the fiscal quarter ending Mar 2016.

They expect $0.94 EPS, down 41.49% or $0.39 from last year’s $1.33 per share.

At the moment 9 analysts are watching Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) (NASDAQ:DNB), 1 rate it “Buy”, 1 “Outperform”, 5 “Underperform”, 2 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Jun-16, 6 analysts have a mean sales target of 397.92 million. For the quarter ending Sep-16, 6 analysts have a mean sales target of 427.15 million whilst for the year ending Dec-16, 8 analysts have a mean target of 1,725.97 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 7 analysts have a 1.24 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Jun-16, for the quarter ending Sep-16, 7 analysts have a 1.80 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Sep-16 there are 7 estimates of 7.26 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) include Fidelity Management and Research Company which owns 3 million shares in the company valued at $350.27 million. Mellon Capital Management Corporation is the second biggest holder with 3 million shares currently valued at 318.34 million whilst Vanguard Group Inc has 3 million shares valued at 310.88 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 37,170,857 with a reported 1,658,663 bought and 3,092,513 sold. These holdings make up 99.92% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 988,539 shares in the business which makes up 2.73% of shares. The biggest holder currently is Allan Z. Loren who owns 239,656 shares (0.66% of those outstanding), whilst Ms. Sara Mathew holds 126,283 (0.35% of shares outstanding) and Mr. Steven W. Alesio holds 108,768 (0.30% of shares outstanding).

The stock increased 1.27% or $1.39 during the last trading session, hitting $111.05. Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The) (NASDAQ:DNB) has risen 0.81% over the past 6 months and is uptrending.