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

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

Barnes & Noble Education Inc (NYSE:BNED) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 27th. The specialty retailer reported ($0.64) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.81) by $0.17. The specialty retailer had revenue of $319.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $327.57 million. Barnes & Noble Education had a positive return on equity of 7.23% and a negative net margin of 0.89%. Barnes & Noble Education's revenue was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.82) earnings per share. View Barnes & Noble Education's Earnings History.

Barnes & Noble Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, December 3rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Barnes & Noble Education.

2 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Barnes & Noble Education's shares. Their predictions range from $4.00 to $7.00. On average, they anticipate Barnes & Noble Education's stock price to reach $5.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 59.9% 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.

Media stories about BNED stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble Education earned a news sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Barnes & Noble Education.

Barnes & Noble Education saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 4,800,000 shares, an increase of 46.8% from the August 30th total of 3,270,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 499,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.6 days. Approximately 15.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Barnes & Noble Education's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Barnes & Noble Education investors own include Newell Brands (NWL), Barnes & Noble (BKS), FireEye (FEYE), Starbucks (SBUX), Ford Motor (F), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Transocean (RIG), Adobe (ADBE), Cypress Semiconductor (CY) and Extreme Networks (EXTR).

Barnes & Noble Education's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%). 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 and Michael Huseby. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Barnes & Noble Education.

BNED stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Barnes & Noble Education stock in the last two years include John R Ryan, Master Fund Lp Outerbridge and Michael Huseby. 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 $3.44.

Barnes & Noble Education has a market capitalization of $163.77 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]