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NEW YORK - Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB_old) Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DNB) reported fourth quarter earnings that missed analyst estimates and provided weaker-than-expected guidance for 2025, sending shares down 4.9% in premarket trading Thursday.
The business analytics company reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.30 for the fourth quarter, falling short of the $0.32 consensus estimate. Revenue came in at $631.9 million, below analyst expectations of $658.58 million and up just 0.2% YoY.
For the full year 2025, Dun & Bradstreet forecast adjusted earnings per share of $1.01 to $1.07, below the $1.10 Wall Street was expecting. The company sees 2025 revenue in the range of $2.44 billion to $2.5 billion, also below the $2.52 billion consensus estimate.
"2024 marked another year of significant progress for us at Dun & Bradstreet. We achieved 3% organic revenue growth and expanded our EBITDA margins by 30 basis points," said CEO Anthony Jabbour.
However, the weaker-than-anticipated outlook overshadowed the 2024 results. The company expects organic revenue growth of 3-5% in 2025.
Dun & Bradstreet’s North America segment, its largest, saw revenue decline 1.8% to $448.6 million in Q4. International revenue increased 5.6% to $183.3 million.
The company ended 2024 with $205.9 million in cash and cash equivalents and total debt of $3.55 billion.
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