NYSE:BKSBarnes & Noble Stock Price, Forecast & News

Barnes & Noble's stock was trading at $6.49 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BKS stock has increased by 0.0% and is now trading at $6.49. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barnes & Noble in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Barnes & Noble.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June, 19th. The specialty retailer reported ($0.26) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.24) by $0.02. The specialty retailer earned $755.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $759.05 million. Barnes & Noble had a net margin of 0.11% and a return on equity of 5.76%. The company's revenue was down 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.29) earnings per share. View Barnes & Noble's earnings history.

Barnes & Noble declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, August 2nd. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.24%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 3rd. View Barnes & Noble's dividend history.

2 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Barnes & Noble's stock. Their forecasts range from $6.71 to $7.00. On average, they expect Barnes & Noble's share price to reach $6.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Barnes & Noble.

News coverage about BKS stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble earned a media sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutBarnes & Noble.

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Barnes & Noble trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKS."

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One share of BKS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.49.

Barnes & Noble has a market capitalization of $475.13 million and generates $3.55 billion in revenue each year. Barnes & Noble employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Barnes & Noble is 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]