What's In Store For Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) In Q3 Earnings?
Zacks Investment Research | Oct 27, 2016 11:15PM ET
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE:DNB) is set to release third-quarter 2016 earnings results on Nov 1. In the last quarter, the company reported a positive earnings surprise of 16.10%. Notably, the company delivered positive earnings surprises in the last four quarters, with an average of 13.13%.
Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement.
Factors to Consider
Dun & Bradstreet delivered decent results in the second-quarter of 2016, with both revenues and earnings surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate comfortably. Also, on a year-over-year basis, both the top line and the bottom line registered modest growth.
We believe that Dun & Bradstreet’s high-margin business model, strategic investments, partnerships, accretive cloud-based acquisitions and aggressive share buyback will drive growth.
Also, the company will be able to provide a wide range of products, given its partnerships with the likes of Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) , Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL)., SugarCRM, Salesforce Wave analytics platform and Lattice Engines, which in turn will drive its top line.
However, increasing competition from companies such as FactSet Research Systems Inc. and Nielsen N.V. will continue to hurt revenues and profitability in the near term. Moreover, a high debt level remains a concern for the to-be reported quarter.
Earnings Whispers?
Our proven model does not conclusively show that Dun & Bradstreet is likely to beat earnings this quarter. This is because a stock needs to have both a positive Zacks Investment Research
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