NYSE:BKS - Barnes & Noble Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Barnes & Noble declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 4th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Saturday, January 26th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 3rd. View Barnes & Noble's Dividend History.

Barnes & Noble declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 83% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) released its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 20th. The specialty retailer reported ($0.38) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.41) by $0.03. The specialty retailer had revenue of $771.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $772.03 million. Barnes & Noble had a positive return on equity of 7.32% and a negative net margin of 3.60%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 2.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.41) EPS. View Barnes & Noble's Earnings History.

Barnes & Noble is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Barnes & Noble.

2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Barnes & Noble's stock. Their predictions range from $10.00 to $10.00. On average, they anticipate Barnes & Noble's share price to reach $10.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 57.2% 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 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Barnes & Noble.

News articles about BKS stock have been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble earned a daily sentiment score of 0.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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).

Barnes & Noble's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.19%), Radnor Capital Management LLC (0.07%), Virtu Financial LLC (0.06%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). Company insiders that own Barnes & Noble stock include Abrams Capital Management, LP, 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 Radnor Capital Management LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble.

BKS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Virtu Financial 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 $6.36.

Barnes & Noble has a market capitalization of $465.36 million and generates $3.66 billion in revenue each year. Barnes & Noble employs 23,000 workers across the globe.

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]