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

Barnes & Noble announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 83% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 21st. The specialty retailer reported ($0.29) earnings per share 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 firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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).

Media stories about BKS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than twenty 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 news impact score of 0.19 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the specialty retailer an impact score of 46.51 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Barnes & Noble's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional 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 $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]