Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (NYSE: BNED) is a leading provider of educational products and services to the higher education community. The company operates retail campus bookstores under Barnes & Noble College, offering course materials, general merchandise, and digital content. In addition, Barnes & Noble Education delivers educational technology solutions through its digital learning platform and supplemental courseware.

Originally part of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the company completed its spin-off and initial public offering in February 2015 to focus exclusively on college retail and digital learning. Since its separation, Barnes & Noble Education has expanded its footprint to serve more than 700 campuses across the United States. The company’s digital offerings include the Yuzu eReader and a suite of online tools designed to help instructors and students manage coursework, readings, and assessment materials more efficiently.

Beyond retail and digital platforms, Barnes & Noble Education provides back-office services such as textbook procurement, inventory management and customized marketing solutions to colleges and universities. The company also supports faculty adoption programs, reserved textbook programs and campus event sponsorships aimed at enhancing the student experience and driving academic success.

Headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Barnes & Noble Education is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Huseby. With a focus on innovation in educational content delivery and strong campus partnerships, the company continues to evolve its offerings to meet the changing needs of students, educators and institutional clients.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.49 to $12.95
• 50-Day Range: $10.28 to $13.72
• 52-Week Range: $5.90 to $14.75
• Volume: 184,781 shs
• Average Volume: 302,015 shs
• Market Capitalization: $434.15 million
• P/E Ratio: 26.66
• Dividend Yield: 2.55%
• Price Target: $17.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Barnes & Noble Education Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Barnes & Noble Education scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 109th out of 483 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Barnes & Noble Education has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Barnes & Noble Education has a consensus price target of $17.25, representing about 37.6% upside from its current price of $12.54.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Barnes & Noble Education has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Barnes & Noble Education is 26.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.47.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Barnes & Noble Education is 26.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 46.43.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Barnes & Noble Education has a P/B Ratio of 1.46. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.62% of the float of Barnes & Noble Education has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Barnes & Noble Education has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.23, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Barnes & Noble Education has recently decreased by 1.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Barnes & Noble Education pays a meaningful dividend of 2.53%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Barnes & Noble Education does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Barnes & Noble Education is 68.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.22

News Sentiment

Barnes & Noble Education has a news sentiment score of 1.22. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Barnes & Noble Education this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Barnes & Noble Education to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Barnes & Noble Education insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $129,173.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.20% of the stock of Barnes & Noble Education is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

38.51% of the stock of Barnes & Noble Education is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/09/2026
• Record date for 7/30 Dividend: 7/16/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/30 Dividend: 7/16/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/30/2026
• Today: 8/11/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 9/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 4/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Other Specialty Retail
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BNED
• CIK: 1634117
• Web: www.bned.com
• Phone: (908) 991-2665
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,613
• Year Founded: 1971

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Barnes & Noble Education: $17.25
• High Price Target: $18.50
• Low Price Target: $16.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +37.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.47
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.65
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $16.87 million
• Net Margins: 0.98%
• Pretax Margin: 1.21%
• Return on Equity: 7.92%
• Return on Assets: 2.29%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.24
• Current Ratio: 1.71
• Quick Ratio: 0.66

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.71 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.25
• Cash Flow: $1.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.48
• Book Value: $8.59 per share
• Price / Book: 1.46

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 34,643,000
• Free Float: 34,227,000
• Market Cap: $434.15 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.27