Consumer Discretionary / Specialty RetailUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

360.8M

NYSE

Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/En/a

P25 11.5P50 15.8P75 23.1

Trailing P/En/a

P25 13.1P50 20.6P75 33.1

ROE-3.4

P25 -21.1P50 4.5P75 16.1

ROIC-11.3

P25 -4.5P50 5.2P75 12.8

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Indicator catalog

All BNED market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

217

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 217 of 217 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001634117
Company name	Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	06777U101
Employees	3,711
Employees Change	-159%
Employees Change Percent	-4.11
Enterprise value	$666.7M
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Specialty Retail
Isin	US06777U2006
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$360.8M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$10.52
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	466,035.57x
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Sic	5940
Symbol	BNED
Website	https://www.bned.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-2.67%
EV/EBIT	22.83x
EV/EBITDA	10.76x
EV/FCF	95.42x
EV/Sales	0.39x
FCF yield	1.94%
P/B ratio	1.24x
P/S ratio	0.21x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	1.69%
EBITDA Margin	3.58%
FCF margin	0.4%
Gross margin	20.35%
Gross Profit	$351.9M
Gross Profit Growth	8.2%
Gross Profit Growth Q	2.5%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	1.01%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	4.52%
Net Income	$-9.6M
Net Income Growth Q	-62.91%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Pretax Margin	0.24%
Profit Margin	-0.56%
Profit Per Employee	$-2,591
ROA	1.65
Roa5y	-2.52
ROCE	5.3
ROE	-3.35
Roe5y	-43.96
ROIC	-11.29
Roic5y	-5.6

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-36.21%
Cagr1y	2.04%
Cagr3y	-58.75%
Cagr5y	-57.83%
EPS Growth Q	-67.69
EPS Growth Years	2
OCF Growth10 Y	1.26%
Revenue Growth	10.56x
Revenue Growth Q	11.29x
Revenue Growth Quarters	5x
Revenue Growth Years	4x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.25x
Revenue Growth5 Y	3.33x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.56
Assets	$1.1B
Cash	$10.1M
Current Assets	$825.7M
Current Liabilities	$579.8M
Debt	$316M
Debt EBITDA	$1.21
Debt Equity	$1.09
Debt FCF	$45.23
Equity	$290M
Interest Coverage	1.75
Liabilities	$840.3M
Long Term Assets	$304.6M
Long Term Liabilities	$260.5M
Net Cash	$-305.9M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-84.78
Net Debt EBITDA	$4.94
Net Debt Equity	$1.05
Net Debt FCF	$43.78
Tangible Book Value	$222.1M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$6.47
WACC	0.6

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.42
Inventory Turnover	3.72
Net Working Capital	$309.5M
Quick ratio	0.74
Working Capital	$245.9M
Working Capital Turnover	$7.37

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-87.83%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-98.88%
1Y total return	2.04%
200-day SMA	8.95
3Y total return	-92.99%
50-day SMA	9.53
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-98.66%
All Time High	1,549
All Time High Change	-99.32%
All Time High Date	2015-11-27
All Time Low	5.9
All Time Low Change	78.31%
All Time Low Date	2025-11-21
ATR	0.44
Beta	1.35
Beta1y	2.76
Beta2y	2.06
Ch YTD	14.47
High	10.75
High52	12.21
High52 Date	2025-06-24
High52ch	-13.84%
Low	10.38
Low52	5.9
Low52 Date	2025-11-21
Low52ch	78.31%
Ma50ch	10.38%
Price vs 200-day SMA	17.57%
RSI	57.03
RSI Monthly	34.57
RSI Weekly	57.81
Sharpe ratio	0.27x
Sortino ratio	0.54
Total Return	-87.83%
Tr YTD	14.47
Tr1m	8.79%
Tr1w	2.43%
Tr3m	17.41%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	$29.2M
Operating Income Growth	303.7
Operating Income Growth Q	4.98
Operating margin	1.69

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	17,165,505%
Float Percent	50.05%
Net Borrowing	-3,155,000
Shares Insiders	6.03%
Shares Institutions	40.91%
Shares Out	34,296,119
Shares Qo Q	0.37%
Shares Yo Y	87.83%
Short Float	16.95%
Short Ratio	14.6
Short Shares	8.49

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-637,000
Average Volume	228,630.15x
Bv Per Share	8.46
CAPEX	$-14.9M
Ch10y	-98.88
Ch1m	8.79
Ch1w	2.43
Ch1y	2.04
Ch3m	17.41
Ch3y	-92.99
Ch5y	-98.66
Ch6m	27.83
Change	-1.59%
Change From Open	-1.22
Close	10.69
Days Gap	-0.37
Depreciation Amortization	32,736,000
Dollar Volume	2,516,741.7
Earnings Date	2026-03-10
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$29.2M
EBITDA	$61.9M
EPS	$-0.28
F Score	6
FCF	$7M
FCF EV Yield	1.05x
FCF Per Share	$0.2
Financing CF	-5,291,000
Fiscal Year End	May
Founded	1,965
Income Tax	$13.8M
Investing CF	-14,884,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-03-10
Last Report Date	2026-01-31
Last Split Date	2024-06-12
Last Split Type	Reverse
Last10k Filing Date	2025-12-23
Ma150	8.99
Ma150ch	17.03%
Ma20	10.46
Ma20ch	0.6%
Net CF	1,697,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-12-22
Open	10.65
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	51.64
P OCF Ratio	16.5
Position In Range	37.84
Post Close	10.52
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.1
Postmarket Price	$10.51
Ppne	217,717,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$5.83
Ptbv Ratio	1.62
Relative Volume	1.05x
Revenue	1,729,458,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.44x
Share Based Comp	7,624,000
Tax By Revenue	0.8x
Tax Rate	327.92%
Tr6m	27.83%
Us State	New Jersey
Volume	239,234
Z Score	1.24

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Forward P/E

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

Does BNED pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

BNED stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns BNED?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+40.9%

Float: +50.1% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+6.0%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

BNED momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

57.0

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+17.6%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.35

More volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.27

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

BNED vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ABNB	Airbnb Inc.	84B	34.7x	6.6x	15.9%	+29.9%	+14.9%	Hold
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc.	2.9T	32.6x	3.9x	13.5%	+12.1%	+44.5%	Reduce
BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc.	128.6B	21.8x	4.6x	57.9%	+37.4%	-19.6%	Buy

Questions

About BNED

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What is the current BNED stock rating?

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full BNED analysis?

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