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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, May 3rd. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 4th. View Barnes & Noble's Dividend History.

Barnes & Noble announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 83% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March, 7th. The specialty retailer reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.14. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.24 billion. Barnes & Noble had a return on equity of 7.09% and a net margin of 0.04%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.87) EPS. View Barnes & Noble's Earnings History.

Barnes & Noble is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, June 20th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Barnes & Noble.

2 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Barnes & Noble's stock. Their predictions range from $7.00 to $7.00. On average, they expect Barnes & Noble's share price to reach $7.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 28.2% 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 trended somewhat negative on Monday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble earned a news impact score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Barnes & Noble investors own include Ford Motor (F), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Macy's (M), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Rite Aid (RAD), Micron Technology (MU) and Kinder Morgan (KMI).

Barnes & Noble's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.33%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.16%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.16%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.20%), Northern Trust Corp (1.01%) and Norges Bank (0.98%). 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 Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC, Royce & Associates LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, KBC Group NV, Ibex Investors LLC, Coatue Management LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble.

BKS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Norges Bank, Millennium Management LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC, Tibra Equities Europe Ltd and Bank of America Corp DE. 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 $5.46.

Barnes & Noble has a market capitalization of $399.64 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]