Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
General ticker "BNED" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Specialty Retail
- Capitalization: $320.3M (TTM average)
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 55.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.3%: low 11.79$, high 12.34$
Factors to consider:
- Earnings expected soon, date: 2026-09-03 bmo
- Company pays dividends (irregularly): last record date 2026-07-16, amount 0.08$ (Y0.66%)
- Total employees count: 3750 (+23.8%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Insufficient capital, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Failed bookstore contracts, Supply chain disruptions, Economic downturns and volatility
- Price in estimated range
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2026-05-02 to 2028-05-01
- 2026-05-02 to 2027-05-02 estimated range: [6.73$, 15.07$]
- 2027-05-02 to 2028-05-01 estimated range: [6.54$, 14.73$]
Financial Metrics affecting the BNED estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of -16.0 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 13.89 > 13.08
- Positive: -4.23 < Operating profit margin, % of 2.55
- Positive: 1.88 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.23
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -1.07 <= -0.14
- Positive: -14.39 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -4.49
- Positive: 0 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 3.32
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Financial data
| YTD | 2025-05-03 | 2026-05-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $2,882.54MM | $1,714.77MM |
| Operating Expenses | $2,866.61MM | $1,670.98MM |
| Operating Income | $15.92MM | $43.79MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-77.49MM | $-23.12MM |
| Interest Expense | $22.26MM | $15.95MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-61.57MM | $20.67MM |
| Taxes | $4.26MM | $3.80MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $-65.83MM | $16.87MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $272.19MM | $294.44MM |
| Inventory | $326.00MM | $325.38MM |
| Assets | $790.28MM | $739.90MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $-85.41MM | $50.06MM |
| Capital expenditure | $12.89MM | $16.20MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-12.10MM | $-16.20MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $97.67MM | $-34.37MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-2.50 | $0.49 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.