company that supplies corporate credit reports and ratings, based on industry reported information and its own analytical data. D&B furnishes ratings on estimated financial strength, promptness of trade payments, and capital adequacy, plus statistical data, such as financial performance ratios of rated companies. Dun & Bradstreet clients receive extracts of balance sheet and income statement data, as reported by D&B listed companies. Credit information on some three million U.S. and Canadian companies is listed in a ratings directory, The Reference Book. The absence of a D&B rating for a particular company means that Dun & Bradstreet did not have sufficient information available to classify a company.
Credit analysts, when evaluating publicly traded companies, supplement D&B reports with audited financial statements.
information service company that combines credit information obtained directly from commercial firms with data solicited from their creditors. This information is available to subscribers in reports and a ratings directory. D&B also engages in other businesses, including publishing, television audience measurement, and magazine-subscription fulfillment.
