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BNED Barnes & Noble Education Inc
NYSE USD Consumer Cyclical
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As of 30 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 471M
- P/E ratio
- 21.25
- Analyst target
- 17.25
- Dividend yield
- 0.6%
- Beta
- 1.46
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
- ISIN
- Not available
- Market cap
- 471M
- P/E ratio
- 21.25
- Analyst target
- 17.25
- Dividend yield
- 0.6%
- Beta
- 1.46
About
About Barnes & Noble Education Inc
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. operates bookstores for college and university campuses, and K-12 institutions primarily in the United States. The company engages in the sale and rental of course materials, including new and used print textbooks, digital textbooks, and publisher-hosted digital courseware through its physical and virtual bookstores. It also provides BNC FIRST DAY affordable access course material programs comprising First Day and First Day Complete, which provide faculty-required course materials on or before the first day of class at below-market rates; and general merchandise, including collegiate and athletic apparel, custom-branded school spirit products, lifestyle and wellness products, technology products, supplies, graduation products, and convenience items. In addition, the company sells hardware and a software suite of applications that provide inventory management and point-of-sale solutions to college bookstores. Further, it offers brand marketing programs; on-site installation for point-of-sale terminals and servers; and technical assistance through user training and its support center facility. The company operates physical college and university bookstores; virtual bookstores; True Spirit 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. It serves public, state, private, community college, trade and technical, for-profit, and online education institutions. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey.
Research context
Barnes & Noble Education Inc appears in PyInvesting’s US Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Specialty Retail
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5 years, 6 months ago
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 35.1% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 99.7% cheaper than other stocks from the Consumer Cyclical sector with a price to sales ratio of 0.3.
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc's total revenue sank by 18.1% to $412M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 2752.3% to $-48M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 100.0% to $16K since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc gets an overall score of 3/5.