MarketWise (NASDAQ:MKTW – Get Free Report) and Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB – Get Free Report) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and dividends.
Risk and Volatility
MarketWise has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for MarketWise and Dun & Bradstreet, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| MarketWise | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Dun & Bradstreet | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2.63 |
Dividends
MarketWise pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Dun & Bradstreet pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. MarketWise pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Dun & Bradstreet pays out -250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
23.0% of MarketWise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by institutional investors. 28.6% of MarketWise shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares MarketWise and Dun & Bradstreet”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| MarketWise | $432.34 million | 0.44 | $1.78 million | $0.04 | 14.44 |
| Dun & Bradstreet | $2.36 billion | 2.04 | -$47.00 million | ($0.08) | -136.13 |
MarketWise has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MarketWise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares MarketWise and Dun & Bradstreet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| MarketWise | 0.80% | -1.30% | 0.91% |
| Dun & Bradstreet | -1.42% | 11.35% | 4.25% |
Summary
Dun & Bradstreet beats MarketWise on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About MarketWise
MarketWise, Inc. operates a content and technology multi-brand platform for self-directed investors in the United States and Internationally. Its platform includes subscription businesses that provides financial research, software, education, and tools to navigate the financial markets. The company offers various investment strategies, such as value investing, income, growth, commodities, cryptocurrencies, venture, crowdfunded investing, biotechnology, mutual funds, options, and trading; investment research product portfolio through a range of media, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile; and financial newsletters. It provides a suite of stock research tools and portfolio management services under the Chaikin Analytics brand; portfolio management software tools under the TradeSmith brand name; and database of accounting-based financial summaries under the Altimetry brand. In addition, the company develops screeners, monitors, portfolio management tools, and proprietary indicators that produce a composite score to rank publicly traded companies. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
About Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides business-to-business data and analytics in North America and internationally. It offers finance and risk solutions, including D&B Finance Analytics, an online application that offers clients real time access to its information, comprehensive monitoring, and portfolio analysis; D&B Direct, an application programming interface (API) that delivers risk and financial data directly into enterprise applications for real-time credit decision-making; D&B Small Business, a suite of tools that allows SMBs to monitor and build their business credit file; D&B Enterprise Risk Assessment Manager, a solution for managing and automating credit decisioning and reporting; and D&B Risk Analytics, a subscription-based online application that offers clients real-time access to complete and up-to-date global information to mitigate supply chain risk, regulatory risk, and ESG assessment, as well as other related risks; Risk Guardian, a subscription-based online application that offers real-time access to Northern Europe information, monitoring, and portfolio analysis; and D&B Beneficial Ownership that offers risk intelligence on ultimate beneficial ownership. The company also provides sales and marketing solutions, including D&B Connect, a self-service data management platform; D&B Optimizer, an integrated data management solution; D&B Rev.Up ABX, an open and agnostic platform that aligns marketing and sales teams to deliver an optimal and coordinated buying; D&B Hoovers, a sales intelligence solution; D&B Audience Targeting, which helps clients to reach the right audiences with the right messages; D&B Visitor Intelligence that turns web visitors into leads; D&B Direct, an API-enabled data management solution; and InfoTorg, an online SaaS application that provides information services. Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.
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