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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December, 4th. The specialty retailer reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.12. The specialty retailer earned $772.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $773.79 million. Barnes & Noble Education had a positive return on equity of 2.49% and a negative net margin of 2.11%. Barnes & Noble Education's revenue was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.25 earnings per share. 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.

Barnes & Noble Education will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, March 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 analysts have issued 1 year 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 47.1% 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.

Press coverage about BNED stock has trended very negative this week, 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Barnes & Noble Education earned a media sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Barnes & Noble Education.

Barnes & Noble Education saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,450,000 shares, a decrease of 14.6% from the December 31st total of 4,040,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 411,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.4 days. Currently, 12.4% 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), Ford Motor (F), FireEye (FEYE), Extreme Networks (EXTR), American Outdoor Brands (AOBC), Groupon (GRPN), Intel (INTC), Mattel (MAT) and Pattern Energy Group (PEGI).

Barnes & Noble Education's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.60%), State Street Corp (2.19%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (1.37%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.15%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.09%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.94%). 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Boston Partners, Mackay Shields LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P and Strs Ohio. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Globeflex Capital L P, State Street Corp, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., UBS Group AG and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $3.74.

Barnes & Noble Education has a market capitalization of $180.63 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]