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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 27th. The specialty retailer reported ($0.64) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.81) by $0.17. The specialty retailer earned $319.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $327.57 million. Barnes & Noble Education had a negative net margin of 0.89% and a positive return on equity of 7.23%. The company's revenue was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business 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 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Barnes & Noble Education's stock. Their predictions range from $4.00 to $7.00. On average, they anticipate Barnes & Noble Education's share price to reach $5.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 76.3% 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.

News coverage about BNED stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble Education earned a news impact score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Barnes & Noble Education.

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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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.67%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.34%), Vanguard Group Inc. (3.84%), Towerview LLC (2.90%), Water Island Capital LLC (2.57%) and Water Island Capital LLC (2.57%). Company insiders that own Barnes & Noble Education stock include Abrams Capital Management, LP, John R Ryan, Kanuj Malhotra and Michael Huseby. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Barnes & Noble Education.

BNED stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Barnes & Noble Education company stock in the last year include Abrams Capital Management, LP and Kanuj Malhotra. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble Education.

BNED stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Water Island Capital LLC, Water Island Capital LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Boston Partners and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have bought Barnes & Noble Education stock in the last two years include John R Ryan 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 $3.12.

Barnes & Noble Education has a market capitalization of $148.54 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]