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

Barnes & Noble announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase 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 repurchase up to 83% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 21st. The specialty retailer reported ($0.29) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.20) by $0.09. The specialty retailer earned $786.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $774.71 million. Barnes & Noble had a positive return on equity of 7.29% and a negative net margin of 3.43%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.19) earnings per share. 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 articles about BKS stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble earned a news sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the specialty retailer an impact score of 47.24 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Barnes & Noble's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include 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 Radnor Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble.

BKS stock was bought 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 $396.73 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]