NYSE:BNED Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Stock Price, News & Analysis $9.20 +0.55 (+6.29%) Closing price 07/23/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.14 -0.07 (-0.72%) As of 04:00 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock About Barnes & Noble Education Stock (NYSE:BNED) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get BNED alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$8.73▼$9.5350-Day Range$8.62▼$12.1752-Week Range$7.90▼$14.41Volume1.22 million shsAverage Volume384,371 shsMarket Capitalization$313.43 millionP/E RatioN/ADividend YieldN/APrice TargetN/AConsensus RatingN/A Company Overview Barnes and Noble Education, Inc. engages in the management and operation of bookstore chains in universities. It operates through the Retail and Wholesale segments. The Retail segment operates college, university, and K-12 school bookstores, physical bookstores, and virtual bookstores. The Wholesale segment sells and distributes new and used textbooks to physical bookstores. The company was founded by Leonard S, Riggio in 1965 and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ. Read More Barnes & Noble Education Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks9th Percentile Overall ScoreBNED MarketRank™: Barnes & Noble Education scored higher than 9% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 274th out of 291 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's OpinionN/AAnalyst RatingN/A Consensus RatingThere is not enough analysis data for Barnes & Noble Education. Earnings and Valuation0.0 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Barnes & Noble Education is -0.59, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Barnes & Noble Education is -0.59, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Read more about Barnes & Noble Education's valuation and earnings. Short Interest2.0 / 5Short Interest LevelBearish Percentage of Shares Shorted15.39% of the float of Barnes & Noble Education has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBarnes & Noble Education has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Barnes & Noble Education has recently increased by 52.31%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. Dividend0.0 / 5Dividend StrengthN/A Dividend YieldBarnes & Noble Education does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthBarnes & Noble Education does not have a long track record of dividend growth. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Percentage of Shares Shorted15.39% of the float of Barnes & Noble Education has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBarnes & Noble Education has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Barnes & Noble Education has recently increased by 52.31%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. News and Social Media4.1 / 5News Sentiment1.31 News SentimentBarnes & Noble Education has a news sentiment score of 1.31. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Barnes & Noble Education this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.Search Interest5 people have searched for BNED on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat Follows4 people have added Barnes & Noble Education to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days. Company Ownership0.0 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Barnes & Noble Education insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 1.00% of the stock of Barnes & Noble Education is held by insiders.Percentage Held by InstitutionsOnly 38.51% of the stock of Barnes & Noble Education is held by institutions.Read more about Barnes & Noble Education's insider trading history. Receive BNED Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Barnes & Noble Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address BNED Stock News HeadlinesINVESTIGATION ALERT: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Announces Investigation of Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED) and Encourages Investors with Substantial Losses or Witnesses with Relevant Information to Contact the FirmJuly 23 at 5:54 PM | prnewswire.comINVESTOR ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. - BNEDJuly 23 at 10:00 AM | globenewswire.comTrump wipes out trillions overnight…Is there anybody more powerful than Donald Trump right now? 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Since then, BNED shares have decreased by 8.3% and is now trading at $9.2050. How were Barnes & Noble Education's earnings last quarter? Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (NYSE:BNED) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, December, 9th. The specialty retailer reported $1.91 earnings per share for the quarter. Barnes & Noble Education had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.76% and a negative net margin of 4.46%. When did Barnes & Noble Education's stock split? Barnes & Noble Education shares reverse split before market open on Wednesday, June 12th 2024.The 1-100 reverse split was announced on Thursday, June 6th 2024. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Monday, June 3rd 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 1 shares after the split. How do I buy shares of Barnes & Noble Education? Shares of BNED stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Barnes & Noble Education own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Barnes & Noble Education investors own include Plug Power (PLUG), Meta Platforms (META), Ford Motor (F), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Newell Brands (NWL) and General Motors (GM). Company Calendar Last Earnings12/09/2024Today7/23/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)7/28/2025Fiscal Year End4/30/2026Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorConsumer Discretionary Industry CONSM PD - MISC DIS Sub-IndustryRetail Current SymbolNYSE:BNED CIK1634117 Webwww.bned.com Phone(908) 991-2665FaxN/AEmployees3,750Year FoundedN/AProfitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)($15.50) Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/ANet Income-$63.21 million Net Margins-4.46% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity-2.76% Return on Assets-0.55% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.50 Current Ratio1.42 Quick Ratio0.81 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$1.57 billion Price / Sales0.20 Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book ValueN/A Price / BookN/AMiscellaneous Outstanding Shares34,050,000Free Float33,713,000Market Cap$313.43 million OptionableOptionable Beta1.78 Social Links Metaverse Stocks And Why You Can't Ignore ThemThinking about investing in Meta, Roblox, or Unity? 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