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) released its earnings results on Wednesday, December, 4th. The specialty retailer reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.12. The specialty retailer earned $772.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $773.79 million. Barnes & Noble Education had a negative net margin of 2.11% and a positive return on equity of 2.49%. The business's revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $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 1 year price objectives for Barnes & Noble Education's shares. Their forecasts 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 40.3% 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 been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble Education earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Barnes & Noble Education.

Barnes & Noble Education saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,450,000 shares, a decline of 14.6% from the December 15th total of 4,040,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 414,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 8.3 days. Approximately 12.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Barnes & Noble Education's Current Options Chain.

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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), Ford Motor (F), Adobe (ADBE), Amkor Technology (AMKR), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Baidu (BIDU), Biogen (BIIB), Cohu (COHU) and Extreme Networks (EXTR).

Barnes & Noble Education's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.08%). 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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.

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 $3.92.

Barnes & Noble Education has a market capitalization of $189.33 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]