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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc Common Stock

Retail · Retail Website · IPO Jul 2015
$10.17
▼ $-0.01 (-0.10%)
Vol 10K
Mkt Cap
$334.7M
ROE
-3.6%
Margin
-0.6%
Beta
1.42
52W
$6–$12

Wall Street Consensus

6 analysts · Dec 2025
0
Strong Buy
0
Buy
3
Hold
1
Sell
2
Strong Sell
0.0%
Buy Rating

Price Chart

Earnings

Beat rate: 75.0%
Quarter EPS Est EPS Act Surprise
Jun 2025 $-0.83 $-0.69 +$0.14
Mar 2025 $0.12 $0.23 +$0.11
Dec 2024 $61.20 $1.87 $-59.33
Sep 2024 $-82.62 $-7.36 +$75.26

Quarterly Revenue & Earnings

Quarter 2024-0… 2024-1… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-0… 2025-1… 2026-0…
Revenue $462.8M $278.3M $288.2M $644.4M $515.1M
Net Income $17.9M -$23.2M -$18.3M $25.0M $6.7M

Key Ratios

ROA (TTM)
-1.0%
P/S (TTM)
0.19
P/B
1.3
EPS (TTM)
$-0.29
CF/Share
$-0.48
Rev Growth 3Y
+2.5%
52W High
$12.21
52W Low
$5.90
$5.90 52-Week Range $12.21

Financial Health

Free Cash Flow
-$33.1M
Net Debt
$305.9M
Cash
$10.1M
Total Debt
$316.0M
As of Jan 31, 2026

How does BNED compare to Retail peers?

Peer group: Peers · Retail (Peers) · 10 companies

BNED valuation vs Retail peers

P/E ratio
0% below peers (12.0)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Fair value
P/S ratio
0.2
46% below peers (0.4)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Undervalued
P/B ratio
1.3
37% below peers (2.0)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Pricier
Div yield
0% below peers (2.1%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line

BNED profitability vs Retail peers

ROE
-3.6%
128% below peers (12.6%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
Net margin
-0.6%
131% below peers (1.9%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
Gross margin
19.6%
59% below peers (47.9%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak
ROA
-1.0%
135% below peers (2.8%)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Weak

BNED financial health vs Retail peers

D/E ratio
0% below peers (137.1)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
Current ratio
1.4
4% below peers (1.5)
vs Peers
vs Industry
In line
Beta
1.4
12% above peers (1.3)
vs Peers
vs Industry
Less volatile

BNED fundamentals radar

BNED Peer median Industry

BNED profitability vs leverage

Bubble size = market cap · X = net margin · Y = D/E ratio

BNED vs peers: key metrics

Insider Activity

Bearish
Buys
6
Sells
2
$795
SHAR JONATHAN
Chief Executive Officer · Mar 13
sale
81 shs
SNAGUSKY JASON
Chief Financial Officer · Mar 13
sale
17 shs
WALKER KATHRYN EBERLE
Director · Mar 11
award
23867 shs
HOFFMAN EMILY S
Director · Mar 11
award
23867 shs
MADNANI SEAN V
Director · Mar 11
award
23867 shs
MARTIN WILLIAM C
Director and Beneficial Owner… · Mar 11
award
23867 shs
SINGER ERIC B.
Director and Beneficial Owner… · Mar 11
award
23867 shs
WARREN DENISE
Director · Mar 11
award
23867 shs
Last 90 days

Top Holders

Top 5: 53.97%
Immersion Corp …
32.68%
$109.4M
Kanen Wealth Management LLC
9.91%
$33.2M
Windward Management LP
4.96%
$16.6M
Morgan Stanley
3.22%
$10.8M
Blackrock Inc.
3.20%
$10.7M
As of Dec 31, 2025

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