Gartner to join S&P 500 – Replaces Dun & Bradstreet which Drops to S&P MidCap 400

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Mar 31, 2017 | B2B Marketing, Business Information, Business Intelligence, Credit Information, Dun & Bradstreet, Gartner, Market Intelligence, Market Research, Marketing & Sales Information, Member News, The BIIA Network, United States | 0 |

IT research firm Gartner (NYSE:IT) will join the S&P 500, replacing Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), who drops to the S&P MidCap 400.

S&P MidCap 400 constituent Gartner Inc. (NYSE:IT) will replace The Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (NYSE:DNB) in the S&P 500, Dun & Bradstreet will replace Gartner in the S&P MidCap 400, and INC Research Holdings Inc. (NASD:INCR) will replace CEB Inc. (NYSE:CEB) in the S&P MidCap 400 effective prior to the open on Wednesday, April 5.

Gartner is acquiring CEB Inc. in a deal expected to be completed on or about that date pending final conditions. Post-merger, Gartner will be more representative of the large-cap market space. Dun & Bradstreet has a market capitalization more representative of the mid-cap market space.

Way back in the 1990’s D&B owned a chunk of Gartner equity. How ironic that a former minority investment is now outperforming its former investor.

Source: S&P Indices

About The Author

Joachim Bartels

Joachim C Bartels is a co-founder, director, head of information resources and Editor-in-Chief of BIIA. In his capacity as Editor-in-Chief he is responsible for the selection of relevant information content concerning industry insights, trends, technological developments, standards and policies impacting BIIA members in particular and the business information industry in general.

The BIIA library is approaching 10,000 news items and best demonstrated practices. BIIA members receive regular news alerts on key developments in the industry and the regulatory environment. The BIIA readership is widespread: between 4 to 5 thousand unique visitors access BIIA.com per month.