Barnes & Noble Education/$BNED
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About Barnes & Noble Education
Barnes & Noble Education Inc is contract operators of physical and virtual bookstores for college and university campuses and K-12 institutions across the United States. The company is also one of the textbook wholesalers and inventory management hardware and software providers The company operates physical and virtual bookstores that delivers essential educational content and general merchandise within a dynamic omnichannel retail environment. The Company currently operates as a single operating and reporting segment. The company's solutions are Academic Solutions, College Retail Solutions, College Insights, Wholesale & Store Technology Services.
- Ticker
- $BNED
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 3,074
- Headquarters
- Florham Park, United States
- Website
- www.bned.com
BNED Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$467M
20.89
$0.65
1.30
$0.08
2.37%
Price and volume
Market cap
$467M
Beta
1.3
52-week high
$14.75
52-week low
$5.90
Average daily volume
258K
Dividend rate
$0.08
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.663
Quick ratio
0.517
Long term debt to equity
0.74
Total debt to equity
0.981
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
12.48%
Interest coverage (TTM)
2.84%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
74.125
Gross margin (TTM)
21.42%
Net profit margin (TTM)
1.29%
Operating margin (TTM)
2.47%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
19.48%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$560,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.95%
Return on equity (TTM)
8.31%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
20.891
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.27
Price to book
1.68
Price to tangible book (TTM)
2.08
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
9.516
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
10.51%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.417
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.59%
Forward dividend yield
2.37%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
5.03%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
2.50%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
3.41%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-0.52%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-81.01%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-10.36%
What the Analysts think about BNED
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Barnes & Noble Education stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Barnes & Noble Education stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
First Day Complete is expanding: it is due to reach 263 campuses and more than 1.43 million students in autumn 2026, up about 26% year on year. Wider adoption could support further growth in course-material sales. (Barnes & Noble Education)
BNED returned to profit in fiscal 2026, with revenue up 6.5% to $1.715 billion and adjusted EBITDA up 28.8% to $76.5 million. This points to improving trading, although the prior-year loss included a large non-cash debt-extinguishment charge. (Barnes & Noble Education)
The balance sheet improved in fiscal 2026: net debt fell by about a third to $62.6 million, while working capital rose to $200.9 million. Lower debt could ease interest costs and give the business more room to invest. (Barnes & Noble Education)
BNED faces competition from full-service operators, online sellers, publishers and digital textbook providers. Its filing says First Day growth offset declines in à-la-carte courseware sales, showing that the older sales model remains under pressure. (Stock Titan)
The company reported material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting as of May 2026. Until these are remedied, investors have less assurance about the reliability of its financial reporting. (Stock Titan)
BNED says it depends on access to capital markets, bank credit and vendor financing to meet liquidity needs. It also flags risks around maintaining liquidity for inventory and complying with credit covenants. (GlobeNewswire)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 6 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing BNED
Fund name | Fund size | $BNED weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap£R2SC | $5.3B | 0.01% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | $5.3B | 0.01% |
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