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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

BNED

NYSEConsumer CyclicalSpecialty Retail

Regular session

$12.33

+$0.27 · +2.24%

Aug 24, 12:29 PM ET

BNED company overview

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Hold

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Valuation

65

Undervalued

Momentum

87

Strong Up

Sentiment

64

Bullish

Risk resilience

47

Elevated Risk

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Company profile

Company website

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. operates bookstores for college and university campuses, and K-12 institutions primarily in the United States. The company sells and rents new and used print textbooks, digital textbooks, and publisher hosted digital courseware through physical and virtual bookstores, as well as directly to students through Textbooks.com. In addition, it offers First Day and First Day Complete access programs; and general merchandise, including collegiate and athletic apparel, school spirit products, lifestyle and wellness products, technology products, supplies, graduation products, and convenience items. Further, the company sources, sells, and distributes new and used textbooks; and sells hardware and a software suite of applications that provides inventory management and point-of-sale solutions to college bookstores. Additionally, it offers direct-to-student services. It operates physical college and university bookstores; virtual bookstores; True Spirit e apparel and spirit shop e-commerce websites; pop-up retail locations; customized cafés and stand-alone convenience stores; and a media channel for brands targeting the college demographic. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey.

Industry
Specialty Retail
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Headquarters
US
CEO
Jonathan Shar
Listed since
Jul 23, 2015
Employees
3,613

Market position

Day range

Current $12.33

52-week range

Current $12.33

Open
$12.11
Previous close
$12.06
Volume
47.66K
0.16× average
Average volume
303.4K
Average daily volume
Market cap
427.15M USD
Beta
1.31
Market reference 1
50-day average
$12.1834
+1.20% above average
200-day average
$9.8546
+25.12% above average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

P/E (TTM)
25.69×
P/B (TTM)
1.44×
P/S (TTM)
0.25×
Dividend yield
0.65%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
20.92%
Operating margin
2.61%
Net margin
0.98%

Financial health

Debt / equity
0.76×

Earnings

EPS beat rate
63%
5 beats, 3 misses, 0 met estimates
Average EPS surprise
-115.47%
8 comparable reports
Latest EPS result
0.13
Estimate 0.07 · Beat by 78.57%

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates0.31-0.09-0.49-0.89Q3 '25MissQ4 '25MissQ1 '26BeatQ1 '26No estimateQ3 '26BeatQ3 '26EstimateQ4 '26EstimateQ1 '27Estimate
Q3 2025, reported Jul 28, 2025: actual -0.68, estimate 0.12, surprise -666.67%, Miss. Q4 2025, reported Nov 4, 2025: actual -0.54, estimate 0.12, surprise -550.00%, Miss. Q1 2026, reported Jan 20, 2026: actual -0.47, estimate -0.81, surprise +41.98%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Mar 10, 2026: actual 0.23, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2026, reported Jul 9, 2026: actual 0.125, estimate 0.07, surprise +78.57%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Sep 3, 2026: actual —, estimate -0.48, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2026, reported Dec 22, 2026: actual —, estimate 0.07, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2027, reported Jan 19, 2027: actual —, estimate -0.5, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates707.21M541.59M375.96M210.34MQ3 '25MissQ4 '25MissQ1 '26BeatQ1 '26No estimateQ3 '26MissQ3 '26EstimateQ4 '26EstimateQ1 '27Estimate
Q3 2025, reported Jul 28, 2025: actual 278.29M USD, estimate 467.97M USD, surprise -40.53%, Miss. Q4 2025, reported Nov 4, 2025: actual 288.16M USD, estimate 467.97M USD, surprise -38.42%, Miss. Q1 2026, reported Jan 20, 2026: actual 644.41M USD, estimate 244.61M USD, surprise +163.45%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Mar 10, 2026: actual 515.09M USD, estimate —, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q3 2026, reported Jul 9, 2026: actual 267.1M USD, estimate 267.55M USD, surprise -0.17%, Miss. Q3 2026, reported Sep 3, 2026: actual —, estimate 306.66M USD, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q4 2026, reported Dec 22, 2026: actual —, estimate 672.95M USD, surprise —, Comparison unavailable. Q1 2027, reported Jan 19, 2027: actual —, estimate 545.21M USD, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

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