NYSE:BNED - Barnes & Noble Education Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Barnes & Noble Education Inc (NYSE:BNED) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 4th. The specialty retailer reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.12. The specialty retailer had revenue of $772.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $773.79 million. Barnes & Noble Education had a positive return on equity of 7.23% and a negative net margin of 0.89%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.25 EPS. View Barnes & Noble Education's Earnings History.

Barnes & Noble Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Barnes & Noble Education.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Barnes & Noble Education's stock. Their forecasts range from $4.00 to $7.00. On average, they expect Barnes & Noble Education's stock price to reach $5.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Barnes & Noble Education.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barnes & Noble Education in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Barnes & Noble Education.

Headlines about BNED stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble Education earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Barnes & Noble Education.

Barnes & Noble Education saw a decline in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,680,000 shares, a decline of 8.2% from the October 31st total of 5,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 497,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 9.4 days. Currently, 17.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Barnes & Noble Education's Current Options Chain.

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Barnes & Noble Education's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Towerview LLC (3.05%), State Street Corp (2.09%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.46%), Mackay Shields LLC (0.58%), Boston Partners (0.50%) and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.45%). Company insiders that own Barnes & Noble Education stock include Abrams Capital Management, LP, John R Ryan, Kanuj Malhotra, Master Fund Lp Outerbridge, Michael Connolly Miller, Michael Huseby and Wynnefield Partners Small Cap. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Barnes & Noble Education.

BNED stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Squarepoint Ops LLC, Barclays PLC, Zebra Capital Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Strs Ohio and Tower Research Capital LLC TRC. Company insiders that have sold Barnes & Noble Education company stock in the last year include Abrams Capital Management, LP, Kanuj Malhotra and Michael Connolly Miller. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble Education.

BNED stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., Mackay Shields LLC, Towerview LLC, Boston Partners, Moors & Cabot Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Rhumbline Advisers. Company insiders that have bought Barnes & Noble Education stock in the last two years include John R Ryan, Master Fund Lp Outerbridge, Michael Huseby and Wynnefield Partners Small Cap. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble Education.

Shares of BNED 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BNED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.88.

Barnes & Noble Education has a market capitalization of $184.72 million and generates $2.03 billion in revenue each year. Barnes & Noble Education employs 6,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Barnes & Noble Education.

The official website for Barnes & Noble Education is http://www.bned.com/.

Barnes & Noble Education's mailing address is 120 MOUNTAIN VIEW BOULEVARD, BASKING RIDGE NJ, 07920. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 908-991-2665 or via email at [email protected]