Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. DNB

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Asset Management Specialized
Overall moat score
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Ranked against 14 peers in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

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Where DNB ranks in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. ranks #15 of 15 scored companies in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges by moat score — the top 100%. The widest moat in the group is CME Group Inc. (CME) at 82/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
7 Nasdaq, Inc. NDAQ 61/100 Moderate
8 Moody's Corporation MCO 60/100 Moderate
9 Morningstar, Inc. MORN 55/100 Moderate
10 S&P Global Inc. SPGI 41/100 Developing
11 Coinbase Global, Inc. COIN 38/100 Developing
12 TransUnion TRU 34/100 Developing
13 MarketWise, Inc. MKTW 29/100 Developing
14 Bit Origin Limited BTOG 1/100 Weak
15 Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. DNB 0/100 Weak

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How DNB scores on the Asset Management Specialized defenses

Fee Revenue Quality

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

Fee revenue quality is the ability to charge above the industry's falling average and keep charging it.

Client Retention & Revenue Stickiness

Not measurable · 18% of the moat score

Assets under management leave far more easily than they arrive, and the fee leaves with them.

Compensation Discipline

Not measurable · 18% of the moat score

Compensation is the largest expense in asset management and the one that decides whether a good year ever reaches shareholders.

Capital Efficiency

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

Asset managers are asset-light: with little capital employed, a healthy business should earn a very high return on equity, and a merely average one is a real warning.

Earnings Quality & Cash Conversion

Not measurable · 14% of the moat score

Reported profits here can be flattered by performance fees, seed-capital gains and consolidated fund accounting, none of which recur reliably.

Balance Sheet Strength

Not measurable · 10% of the moat score

Because the business needs so little capital, an asset manager carrying meaningful debt has usually borrowed to buy another manager or to fund distributions.

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Understanding DNB's moat

What is Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.'s moat score?

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (DNB) scores 0 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #15 of 15 scored companies in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges, the top 100%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 14 companies in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges.

How does Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. compare with other Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies?

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. ranks #15 of 15 scored companies in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges by moat score. The widest moat in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges is CME Group Inc. (CME) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Bit Origin Limited (BTOG) at 0 just above it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Asset Management Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 14 companies in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. scored with the Asset Management Specialized template?

An asset manager owns almost nothing. It charges a fee on someone else's money, pays much of that fee out in compensation, and keeps the remainder — so its economics turn on the fee rate it can defend, whether client money stays, and how much revenue survives the bonus pool. The Asset Management template scores those questions rather than the balance sheet, which in this industry is largely beside the point.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.?

The Asset Management Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and DNB scores: Fee Revenue Quality (not measurable), Client Retention & Revenue Stickiness (not measurable), Compensation Discipline (not measurable), Capital Efficiency (not measurable), Earnings Quality & Cash Conversion (not measurable), Balance Sheet Strength (not measurable). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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