Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED) Stock

About Barnes & Noble Education, Inc

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc is led by CEO Jonathan Shar, employs 2,520 people, headquartered in US, publicly traded since 2015.

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED) stock trades at $13.57 with a market capitalization of $470.40M. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.75, price-to-book of 1.43, price-to-sales of 0.23. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $5.90 and $14.75, and currently trades 8.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.77%.

On profitability, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc generates a return on equity (ROE) of 7.76%, return on capital employed of 10.13%, an operating margin of 3.60%, a net profit margin of 1.29%.

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc by the numbers, 2017–2026

Between 2017 and 2026 Barnes & Noble Education, Inc reported revenue of $1.9B rising to $1.7B, a change of -8.5% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 4.0% a year over five years, 3.6% over three, 6.5% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $17.0M.

Operating margin went from 0.7% in 2017 to 2.5% in 2026, a gain of 1.8 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 1.29%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $1.7B and net profit $22.0M.

Borrowings rose from $160.0M to $224.0M, cash from operations was $50.0M in the latest year, positive in 7 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged -44.3% over five years, and was 5.8% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at -59.1% a year over five years, -55.1% over three, 4.5% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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