NYSE:BKS - Barnes & Noble Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Barnes & Noble announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 13th. Investors of record on Friday, July 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, July 27th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 10.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 5th. View Barnes & Noble's Dividend History.

Barnes & Noble declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 83% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 21st. The specialty retailer reported ($0.29) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.20) by $0.09. The specialty retailer earned $786.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $774.71 million. Barnes & Noble had a negative net margin of 3.43% and a positive return on equity of 7.29%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.19) EPS. View Barnes & Noble's Earnings History.

Barnes & Noble is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, September, 6th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Barnes & Noble.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barnes & Noble in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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

News coverage about BKS stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble earned a media sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the specialty retailer an impact score of 47.50 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Barnes & Noble's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.19%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.13%) and Radnor Capital Management LLC (0.09%). Company insiders that own Barnes & Noble stock include Abrams Capital Management, LP, David S Deason, Frederic Argir, Leonard Riggio, Peter Jensen and Peter M Herpich. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Barnes & Noble.

BKS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Radnor Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble.

BKS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.50.

Barnes & Noble has a market capitalization of $400.37 million and generates $3.66 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $-125,480,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.57 on an earnings per share basis. Barnes & Noble employs 23,000 workers across the globe.

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]