Barnes & Noble Education Inc.

BNED | NYSE

Price Alert Chart Builder DCF Calculator

$10.74

+$0.10 (+0.94%)

At close: Sep 21, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

$10.53

-$0.21 (-1.96%)

After-hours: Sep 21, 2026, 7:11 PM ET

Overview Rating Statistics Financials Earnings Analysts Ownership Profile

Market Data

Market Cap $368.61M

Enterprise Value $513.97M

Beta 1.30

Average Volume 308.75K

Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 34.53M

Shares Change YoY 1.4%

Institutional Ownership 71.44%

Exchange NYSE

ISIN US06777U2006

Price Performance

Price Change 1M -11.8%

Price Change 3M 0.4%

Price Change 6M 17.1%

Price Change YTD 24.7%

Price Change 1Y 14.3%

Price Change 3Y -90.3%

Price Change 5Y -99.0%

1M CAGR (ann.) -15.8%

1Y CAGR (ann.) 21.6%

5Y CAGR (ann.) -59.6%

All-Time CAGR -35.7%

Valuation

PE Ratio 16.78

Forward PE 11.21

PEG Ratio -0.06

Forward PEG -0.06

PS Ratio 0.22

Forward PS 0.20

PB Ratio 1.34

P/FCF Ratio 7.62

P/Adj. FCF Ratio 8.28

P/OCF Ratio 5.71

EV/Sales 0.30

EV/EBIT 13.96

EV/EBITDA 7.50

EV/FCF 10.53

Earnings Yield 6.0%

FCF Yield 13.1%

Adj. FCF Yield 12.1%

Financial Health

Net Debt $74.69M

Total Debt $149.71M

Cash & Short-Term Investments $7.81M

Total Assets $846.73M

Current Ratio 1.66

Quick Ratio 0.64

Debt / Equity Ratio 0.98

Debt / EBITDA 2.18

Debt / FCF 3.07

OCF / Debt 0.43

Interest Coverage 3.54

Altman Z-Score 1.72

Piotroski F-Score 8

Margins & Profitability

Gross Profit Margin 21.0%

Operating Profit Margin 3.4%

EBITDA Margin 4.0%

Net Profit Margin 1.3%

FCF Margin 2.8%

Adj. FCF Margin 2.6%

SBC / Revenue 0.2%

SBC Impact (per share) -8.0%

Returns

Return on Assets 2.6%

Return on Equity 7.8%

Return on Invested Capital 7.2%

Return on Capital Employed 10.1%

Return on Tangible Assets 2.8%

Historical Growth (CAGR)

Revenue CAGR 3Y 4.0%

Revenue CAGR 5Y 3.1%

Revenue CAGR 10Y -0.5%

EPS CAGR 3Y 179.1%

EPS CAGR 5Y 91.7%

EPS CAGR 10Y 24.4%

FCF CAGR 3Y 1041.3%

FCF CAGR 5Y 12.8%

FCF CAGR 10Y -280.4%

Analyst Forecasts

Analyst Rating Hold

Analyst Count 3

EPS Growth Next 3Y N/A

Revenue Growth Next 3Y N/A

Earnings Date Dec 21, 2026

EPS Estimate (next Q) $0.86

EPS Growth Est (next Q) -283.0%

Revenue Est (next Q) $672.9M

Revenue Growth Est (next Q) 4.4%

Fair Value Estimates

Graham Number $10.77

Graham Upside 0.3%

Lynch Fair Value $16

Lynch Upside 49.0%

Price Target $17.25

Price Target Upside 60.6%

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow $64.79M

Free Cash Flow $48.8M

Adj. Free Cash Flow $44.91M

FCF Per Share $1.41

OCF Per Share $1.88

OCF/S Ratio 3.8%

Income Statement

Revenue $1.72B

Gross Profit $360.41M

Operating Income $57.73M

EBITDA $68.53M

Net Income $22.23M

EPS (Diluted) $0.64

Revenue / Employee $475.29K

Profit / Employee $6.15K

Employees 3,613