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

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

Barnes & Noble Education Inc (NYSE:BNED) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 22nd. The specialty retailer reported ($0.82) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.57) by $0.25. The specialty retailer earned $337.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $355.25 million. Barnes & Noble Education had a return on equity of 8.85% and a net margin of 1.89%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($0.75) earnings per share. View Barnes & Noble Education's Earnings History.

Barnes & Noble Education is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Barnes & Noble Education.

Barnes & Noble Education will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, June 25th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

2 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 66.2% 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 articles about BNED stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble Education earned a media sentiment score of 3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Barnes & Noble Education.

Barnes & Noble Education saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,945,600 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the April 15th total of 1,814,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 678,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 5.4% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 Barnes & Noble (BKS), Newell Brands (NWL), Adobe (ADBE), FireEye (FEYE), Starbucks (SBUX), Ford Motor (F), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Transocean (RIG), American Outdoor Brands (AOBC) and Cypress Semiconductor (CY).

Barnes & Noble Education's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Abrams Capital Management L.P. (9.35%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.42%), Spark Investment Management LLC (0.92%), Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. (0.91%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.80%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.75%). Company insiders that own Barnes & Noble Education stock include Abrams Capital Management, LP, John R Ryan 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 Abrams Capital Management L.P., IndexIQ Advisors LLC, Alambic Investment Management L.P., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC and Moors & Cabot Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Barnes & Noble Education.

BNED stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Martingale Asset Management L P, Spark Investment Management LLC, Moors & Cabot Inc., State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System and Globeflex Capital L P. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BNED stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.31.

Barnes & Noble Education has a market capitalization of $150.80 million and generates $2.20 billion in revenue each year. Barnes & Noble Education employs 6,600 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]