Barnes & Noble Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BKS)

Barnes & Noble trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKS."

Barnes & Noble declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 10th. Investors of record on Friday, July 5th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, August 2nd. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 3rd. View Barnes & Noble's Dividend History.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June, 19th. The specialty retailer reported ($0.26) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.24) by $0.02. The specialty retailer earned $755.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $759.05 million. Barnes & Noble had a net margin of 0.11% and a return on equity of 5.76%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.29) earnings per share. View Barnes & Noble's Earnings History.

Barnes & Noble is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Barnes & Noble.

2 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Barnes & Noble's shares. Their forecasts range from $6.71 to $7.00. On average, they expect Barnes & Noble's stock price to reach $6.8550 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Barnes & Noble.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barnes & Noble in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Barnes & Noble.

News stories about BKS stock have trended somewhat negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Barnes & Noble.

Some companies that are related to Barnes & Noble include Office Depot (ODP), Hibbett Sports (HIBB), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Barnes & Noble investors own include Ford Motor (F), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Rite Aid (RAD), GoPro (GPRO), Boeing (BA) and Bank of America (BAC).

Barnes & Noble's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.24%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.83%), UBS Group AG (3.61%), Alpine Associates Management Inc. (2.56%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.31%) and Paulson & CO. Inc. (2.05%). Company insiders that own Barnes & Noble stock include Frederic Argir, Leonard Riggio and Peter Jensen. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Barnes & Noble.

BKS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Vanguard Group Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Bank of America Corp DE and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble.

BKS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Associates Management Inc., Paulson & CO. Inc., Morgan Stanley, UBS Group AG, Polar Asset Management Partners Inc., Polar Asset Management Partners Inc., Invesco Ltd. and DLD Asset Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Barnes & Noble stock in the last two years include Leonard Riggio and Peter Jensen. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble.

Shares of BKS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.49.

Barnes & Noble has a market capitalization of $475.13 million and generates $3.55 billion in revenue each year. Barnes & Noble employs 24,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Barnes & Noble.

The official website for Barnes & Noble is http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/.

Barnes & Noble's mailing address is 122 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY, 10011. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 212-633-3300 or via email at [email protected]