BNED
Barnes & Noble Education Inc
11.70$
+0.3%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 2, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | 8,094.5 | 3,639.6 | – | 587.6 | – | – | – | – | 281.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34.0 | – | – | 20.3 | 19.3 | |
| 9.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 15.1 | 8.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 24.5 | 26.5 | 27.3 | 19.7 | 14.2 | 28.0 | 29.2 | 24.3 | 22.2 | 22.1 | 18.2 | 15.8 | 17.5 | 14.4 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 34.3 | 55.4 | 67.4 | 81.2 | 51.0 | 27.3 | 31.9 | 34.1 | 31.5 | 25.7 | 39.0 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | |
| – | – | 10.5 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 4.9 | – | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 15.3 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
| – | – | 293.9 | 205.5 | 108.0 | – | – | – | – | 105.4 | 209.2 | 153.7 | 349.7 | 402.6 | 161.3 | 681.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 341.2 | 119.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8.9 | |
| 130.3 | 304.1 | 585.7 | 23,503.3 | 214.4 | 501.6 | 846.4 | 235.1 | 206.5 | 218.4 | 110.0 | 108.4 | 2,520.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 645.9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50.5 | – | 143.5 | 145.8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 44.7 | 10.1 | 8.8 | |
| 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -1.3% | -1.4% | -2.5% | -0.8% | 0.0% | 0.2% | -0.3% | -0.4% | -0.7% | -0.9% | -0.8% | -1.1% | 2.0% | -0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | -3.6% | -13.7% | -25.5% | -20.0% | -27.5% | -7.4% | -1.5% | 2.2% | 9.9% | 11.4% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24.4% | 24.1% | 24.4% | 23.9% | 24.7% | 25.2% | 25.3% | 25.6% | 26.2% | 26.2% | 26.0% | 26.4% | 25.8% | 25.7% | 23.9% | 23.2% | 21.2% | 19.2% | 17.6% | 19.2% | 20.8% | 22.0% | 24.3% | 23.9% | 23.7% | 23.8% | 21.6% | 21.1% | 21.0% | 20.9% | 22.8% | 22.6% | 22.2% | 21.8% | 20.4% | 20.6% | 20.2% | 19.1% | 20.9% | 21.0% | |
| -0.1% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.8% | -12.0% | -11.9% | -11.7% | -12.4% | 1.8% | -1.4% | -1.1% | -2.3% | -2.6% | -2.3% | -3.3% | -6.9% | -11.5% | -12.3% | -10.7% | -9.3% | -7.3% | -4.4% | -4.6% | -4.4% | -3.2% | -3.9% | -3.6% | -3.2% | -2.1% | -1.4% | -4.6% | -3.9% | -2.5% | -2.9% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.7% | 2.9% | |
| -0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.8% | -12.3% | -11.5% | -11.7% | -11.6% | 1.9% | -1.2% | -0.9% | -2.1% | -2.3% | -2.1% | -3.0% | -5.2% | -8.7% | -9.2% | -8.8% | -7.6% | -6.8% | -4.4% | -5.0% | -5.1% | -4.2% | -6.7% | -6.5% | -6.4% | -5.3% | -4.0% | -7.2% | -6.0% | -4.9% | -4.5% | 0.5% | -0.6% | -0.6% | 1.0% | 1.3% | |
| 7.3% | 3.4% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 3.7% | 3.0% | 0.2% | -0.2% | -2.5% | -3.4% | -7.3% | -6.6% | -0.3% | 1.8% | -5.1% | -3.0% | -2.7% | -3.2% | -3.4% | -3.9% | 4.4% | -1.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% | -1.2% | -2.5% | -4.0% | -4.4% | -6.1% | -1.4% | -0.3% | 0.4% | 2.0% | 2.8% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -0.7% | 0.3% | 0.8% | -0.2% | 2.4% | -60.0% | -54.0% | -59.4% | -49.8% | 7.9% | -5.4% | -4.3% | -9.1% | -9.6% | -9.2% | -14.2% | -21.3% | -37.1% | -45.0% | -50.2% | -40.7% | -41.8% | -29.8% | -43.7% | -38.7% | -37.3% | -77.9% | -122.8% | -92.0% | -84.5% | -78.6% | -77.8% | -45.6% | -27.0% | -26.6% | 3.4% | -3.3% | -3.4% | 5.7% | 8.0% | |
| -0.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% | -0.1% | 1.2% | -19.5% | -24.3% | -20.0% | -20.9% | 3.0% | -2.6% | -1.2% | -3.0% | -3.1% | -3.3% | -3.9% | -6.3% | -9.9% | -12.8% | -10.3% | -9.0% | -8.0% | -6.4% | -6.3% | -6.3% | -5.1% | -10.4% | -9.3% | -8.5% | -7.1% | -6.9% | -11.2% | -8.9% | -7.0% | -9.2% | 0.9% | -0.9% | -0.9% | 2.3% | 2.6% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | – | 141 | 206 | 66 | 204 | 180 | 217 | – | 48 | 119 | 277 | 83 | 158 | 259 | 359 | 214 | 247 | 262 | 332 | 291 | 291 | 314 | 401 | 364 | 391 | 268 | 421 | 345 | 372 | 263 | 362 | 291 | 233 | 94 | 163 | 187 | 202 | 130 | 183 | |
| – | – | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.7 | – | – | – | – | 0.5 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 55.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 57.6 | 39.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.7 | |
| 50.9% | 47.5% | 54.9% | 42.1% | 47.8% | 32.5% | 45.0% | 33.7% | 42.0% | 37.6% | 47.6% | 28.0% | 33.1% | 32.0% | 36.1% | 27.4% | 29.3% | 26.7% | 28.4% | 20.5% | 22.2% | 19.2% | 21.3% | 14.4% | 16.2% | 13.8% | 13.3% | 7.6% | 9.3% | 8.4% | 8.8% | 14.4% | 19.5% | 26.1% | 34.4% | 27.0% | 26.6% | 25.7% | 39.8% | 32.9% | |
| – | – | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | – | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -0.27 | 0.12 | 0.29 | -0.08 | 0.94 | -14.36 | -13.30 | -13.66 | -12.81 | 2.03 | -1.28 | -0.94 | -2.14 | -2.28 | -1.98 | -2.72 | -4.11 | -6.38 | -6.41 | -6.25 | -5.21 | -4.92 | -3.27 | -3.70 | -3.18 | -2.73 | -4.85 | -4.73 | -4.61 | -3.86 | -2.36 | -4.16 | -3.52 | -2.50 | -2.13 | 0.26 | -0.27 | -0.28 | 0.49 | 0.64 | |
| 97.82 | 97.47 | 99.91 | 107.00 | 112.06 | 116.64 | 116.01 | 116.45 | 110.47 | 107.32 | 106.82 | 105.84 | 101.11 | 99.71 | 95.81 | 89.62 | 78.84 | 73.28 | 69.77 | 71.43 | 68.82 | 71.79 | 73.56 | 74.05 | 62.56 | 64.73 | 72.15 | 72.44 | 72.24 | 72.73 | 58.63 | 57.97 | 58.70 | 51.13 | 47.28 | 48.01 | 48.56 | 49.79 | 49.54 | 49.73 | |
| 37.90 | 38.05 | 38.04 | 36.59 | 38.82 | 23.91 | 24.64 | 23.00 | 25.72 | 25.80 | 23.69 | 22.11 | 23.45 | 23.68 | 21.62 | 19.22 | 19.24 | 17.18 | 14.26 | 12.46 | 12.80 | 11.77 | 10.97 | 8.47 | 8.21 | 7.31 | 6.22 | 3.85 | 5.01 | 4.57 | 3.01 | 5.34 | 7.72 | 9.24 | 7.99 | 7.53 | 8.20 | 8.37 | 8.51 | 8.06 | |
| 7.14 | 3.32 | 1.78 | 0.03 | 2.57 | 1.34 | 0.85 | 2.38 | 2.76 | 2.61 | 3.91 | 3.23 | 0.16 | -0.24 | -2.41 | -3.01 | -5.75 | -4.82 | -0.23 | 1.30 | -3.52 | -2.19 | -1.99 | -2.36 | -2.13 | -2.50 | 3.17 | -1.15 | 0.70 | 0.59 | -0.72 | -1.45 | -2.37 | -2.24 | -2.89 | -0.65 | -0.13 | 0.20 | 0.98 | 1.41 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 2, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.