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. Investors 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 yield of 9.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 5th. View Barnes & Noble's Dividend History.

Barnes & Noble declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 83% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June, 21st. The specialty retailer reported ($0.29) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.20) by $0.09. The specialty retailer had revenue of $786.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 previous year, the company earned ($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.

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 headlines about BKS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble earned a daily sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty retailer an impact score of 46.07 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Barnes & Noble's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.37%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (1.56%), Northern Trust Corp (0.96%), Gendell Jeffrey L (0.62%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.60%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.60%). 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 Gendell Jeffrey L, Northern Trust Corp, California State Teachers Retirement System, S. Muoio & CO. LLC, KBC Group NV, Guggenheim Capital LLC, Prudential Financial Inc. and California Public 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 Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., UBS Group AG, Spark Investment Management LLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Lido Advisors LLC and Susquehanna Fundamental Investments 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 $6.45.

Barnes & Noble has a market capitalization of $451.32 million and generates $3.66 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $22.02 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.57 on an earnings per share basis. Barnes & Noble employs 26,000 workers across the globe.

Barnes & Noble's mailing address is 122 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK NY, 10011. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 212-633-3300 or via email at [email protected]