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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 13th. Shareholders 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 announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 83% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) released its 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 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 articles about BKS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. 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 daily sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty retailer an impact score of 44.96 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Barnes & Noble's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include 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.

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 $393.09 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]