Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $13.92 +0.18 (+1.27%) Closing price 10/22/2026 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$13.94 +0.01 (+0.07%) As of 04:00 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest Barnes & Noble Education Short Interest OverviewAs of September 30, 2026, Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) had a short interest of 1.89 million shares sold short, representing 5.53% of the public float. This marks a 17.93% increase in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 9.3, meaning it would take 9.3 days of the average trading volume of 215,907 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,885,210 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,598,649 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month17.93%Dollar Volume Sold Short$21.96 millionShort Interest Ratio9.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateSeptember 30, 2026Outstanding Shares34,670,000 sharesShort Percent of Float5.53%Today's Trading Volume319,921 sharesAverage Trading Volume215,907 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average148% Short Selling Barnes & Noble Education? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Barnes & Noble Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartBNED Short Interest Over TimeBNED Days to Cover Over TimeBNED Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Barnes & Noble Education Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes ExportReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 9/30/20261,885,210 shares $21.96 million +17.9%5.5%9.33 $11.65 9/15/20261,598,649 shares $17.23 million +9.2%4.7%4.4 $10.78 8/31/20261,464,351 shares $17.81 million +16.8%4.3%5.96 $12.16 8/14/20261,253,351 shares $15.25 million -21.7%3.7%7.43 $12.17 7/31/20261,601,173 shares $19.90 million +1.3%4.7%5.51 $12.43 7/15/20261,580,841 shares $20.12 million -1.9%4.6%3.23 $12.73 6/30/20261,610,556 shares $20.28 million -20.4%4.8%3.55 $12.59 6/15/20262,023,909 shares $22.97 million -12.9%6.0%5.9 $11.35 5/29/20262,324,674 shares $23.96 million +11.3%6.9%8.78 $10.31 5/15/20262,087,932 shares $18.78 million -8.4%6.2%7.78 $9.00 Get the Latest News and Ratings for BNED and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Barnes & Noble Education and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/30/20262,280,153 shares $22.47 million -21.7%6.7%9.94 $9.86 4/15/20262,910,140 shares $29.58 million -3.8%8.6%16.1 $10.17 3/31/20263,026,489 shares $26.64 million -3.4%8.8%13.28 $8.80 3/13/20263,133,064 shares $26.54 million -2.1%9.2%11.03 $8.47 2/27/20263,199,652 shares $27.68 million -5.7%9.4%11.7 $8.65 2/13/20263,392,677 shares $26.09 million +11.6%10.0%11.28 $7.69 1/30/20263,038,977 shares $27.23 million +16.1%9.0%9.2 $8.96 1/15/20262,618,101 shares $23.48 million +0.5%7.8%6.48 $8.97 12/31/20252,606,394 shares $23.93 million -3.8%7.7%9.34 $9.18 12/15/20252,708,856 shares $23.39 million +3.0%8.0%8.48 $8.64 11/28/20252,628,817 shares $23.80 million +25.8%7.8%2.72 $9.06 11/14/20252,089,972 shares $15.42 million +0.8%6.2%10.93 $7.38 10/31/20252,073,586 shares $18.99 million +7.4%6.2%12.43 $9.16 10/15/20251,930,000 shares $18.17 million -7.2%16.5%6.4 $9.42 9/30/20252,080,000 shares $20.72 million -7.1%17.7%5.3 $9.96 9/15/20252,240,000 shares $19.13 million +12.6%19.1%5.1 $8.54 8/31/20251,990,000 shares $17.20 million -7.4%17.0%4.5 $8.64 8/15/20252,150,000 shares $18.04 million +9.1%24.2%4.8 $8.39 7/31/20251,970,000 shares $17.43 million +34.0%22.1%4.2 $8.85 7/15/20251,470,000 shares $16.22 million +7.3%16.5%3.5 $11.03 6/30/20251,370,000 shares $16.11 million +52.3%15.4%3.9 $11.76 6/15/2025899,500 shares $9.77 million -8.2%10.1%2.8 $10.86 5/31/2025979,400 shares $11.82 million -0.1%11.0%2.8 $12.07 5/15/2025980,600 shares $10.72 million -20.3%11.0%2.9 $10.93 4/30/20251,230,000 shares $12.94 million +12.8%10.3%3.8 $10.52 4/15/20251,090,000 shares $10.21 million +10.8%9.1%3.2 $9.37 3/31/2025984,100 shares $10.34 million +7.2%8.2%2.5 $10.51 3/15/2025917,900 shares $9.12 million +16.6%7.5%2 $9.94 2/28/2025787,000 shares $7.69 million +21.4%7.2%1.5 $9.78 2/15/2025648,100 shares $7.16 million +20.6%5.9%1.3 $11.05Do NOT Buy SpaceX – Do This Instead (Ad)SpaceX just went public - and Whitney Tilson, Harvard MBA and 30-year Wall Street veteran, says buying in could be a costly mistake. 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He has prepared a free analysis outlining what he sees and the specific steps he recommends taking now.Read Tilson's free analysis and find out what to do with your money 1/31/2025537,300 shares $6.02 million -16.8%4.9%1 $11.20 1/15/2025645,800 shares $7.02 million -9.2%5.9%1.3 $10.87 12/31/2024711,300 shares $7.14 million -33.5%7.9%1.6 $10.04 12/15/20241,070,000 shares $14.21 million +21.0%11.9%2.9 $13.28 11/30/2024884,400 shares $9.68 million -12.4%8.0%2.7 $10.94 11/15/20241,010,000 shares $9.86 million -2.9%9.2%3.6 $9.76 10/31/20241,040,000 shares $9.67 million -11.9%11.2%4.2 $9.30 10/15/20241,180,000 shares $10.75 million -3.3%13.2%4.6 $9.11 9/30/20241,220,000 shares $11.32 million +69.4%13.6%3.5 $9.28 9/15/2024720,000 shares $8.27 million +2.1%7.6%1.9 $11.48 8/31/2024705,000 shares $9.17 million +13.4%13.8%1.4 $13.00 8/15/2024621,800 shares $6.83 million +19.2%12.2%1.2 $10.99 7/31/2024521,500 shares $5.55 million +19.3%2.2%0.9 $10.64 7/15/2024437,100 shares $3.51 million +16.5%1.9%0.8 $8.02 6/30/2024375,300 shares $2.40 million +1.2%1.6%0.9 $6.40 6/15/2024370,700 shares $3.21 million -97.1%1.6%1 $8.65 5/31/202412,900,000 shares $580.50 million +135.0%35.0%0.7 $45.00 5/15/20245,490,000 shares $1.04 million +171.8%14.5%0.4 $0.19 4/30/20242,020,000 shares $410.87 thousand +42.3%5.3%1.4 $0.20 4/15/20241,420,000 shares $994.00 thousand -0.7%3.9%1.1 $0.70 3/31/20241,430,000 shares $1.04 million +37.5%3.9%1.2 $0.72 3/15/20241,040,000 shares $644.80 thousand -7.1%2.8%0.9 $0.62 2/29/20241,120,000 shares $1.08 million -26.3%3.0%0.9 $0.96 2/15/20241,520,000 shares $1.31 million +106.9%4.1%1.3 $0.87 1/31/2024734,500 shares $632.85 thousand +21.4%2.0%0.6 $0.86 1/15/2024605,200 shares $714.14 thousand +28.5%1.6%0.6 $1.18 12/31/2023471,000 shares $701.79 thousand -12.0%1.3%1 $1.49 12/15/2023535,400 shares $690.67 thousand -36.0%1.5%1.3 $1.29 11/30/2023836,900 shares $928.96 thousand -10.2%2.3%2.2 $1.11 11/15/2023932,000 shares $1.22 million +21.8%2.6%3.6 $1.31 10/31/2023765,300 shares $780.61 thousand -13.5%2.1%2.9 $1.02 10/15/2023884,300 shares $699.57 thousand -2.0%2.5%2.4 $0.79 9/30/2023902,400 shares $983.62 thousand +5.1%2.6%2.1 $1.09 9/15/2023858,600 shares $807.08 thousand +15.7%2.4%1.5 $0.94 8/31/2023742,300 shares $964.99 thousand -22.7%2.1%1.3 $1.30 8/15/2023959,800 shares $1.48 million -3.2%2.7%1.6 $1.54 7/31/2023991,600 shares $1.46 million +57.1%2.8%1.7 $1.47 7/15/2023631,300 shares $1.00 million +33.3%1.8%1.3 $1.59 6/30/2023473,600 shares $596.74 thousand +19.2%1.4%1.1 $1.26 6/15/2023397,400 shares $524.57 thousand -27.4%1.1%1.4 $1.32 5/31/2023547,500 shares $766.50 thousand +21.8%1.6%0.9 $1.40 5/15/2023449,700 shares $697.04 thousand -0.8%1.3%0.7 $1.55 4/30/2023453,300 shares $707.15 thousand -17.0%1.3%0.7 $1.56 4/15/2023546,300 shares $841.30 thousand +19.8%1.6%0.8 $1.54 3/31/2023455,900 shares $692.97 thousand -51.6%1.3%0.7 $1.52 3/15/2023942,100 shares $1.71 million +61.9%2.7%1.4 $1.81 2/28/2023582,100 shares $1.20 million -8.7%1.7%1.2 $2.06 2/15/2023637,600 shares $1.59 million +4.0%2.0%1.3 $2.49 1/31/2023613,000 shares $1.42 million -11.5%1.8%1.3 $2.31 1/15/2023692,600 shares $1.46 million -20.6%2.1%1.5 $2.11Your book attached (Ad)Bill Poulos is giving away his 'Safe Trade Options Formula' book for free - but only for a limited time through a temporary download link. 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Download your copy now and lock it in at no cost, regardless of future pricing.Download the Safe Trade Options Formula book for free before access closes 12/30/2022872,000 shares $1.53 million +23.3%2.6%2.1 $1.75 12/15/2022707,400 shares $1.23 million +11.4%2.1%1.8 $1.74 11/30/2022635,200 shares $1.61 million -3.8%1.9%2.1 $2.54 11/15/2022660,000 shares $1.97 million -23.4%2.0%3 $2.98 10/31/2022862,000 shares $2.40 million -21.6%2.6%3.7 $2.79 10/15/20221,100,000 shares $2.87 million -17.9%3.3%4.6 $2.61 9/30/20221,340,000 shares $3.22 million No Change4.1%5.1 $2.40 9/15/20221,340,000 shares $3.69 million -22.1%4.4%2.9 $2.75 8/31/20221,720,000 shares $4.40 million +14.7%5.6%3.1 $2.56 8/15/20221,500,000 shares $4.29 million +0.7%5.0%2.6 $2.86 7/31/20221,490,000 shares $4.04 million -1.3%4.9%2.4 $2.71 7/15/20221,510,000 shares $4.00 million -35.7%5.0%2.2 $2.65 6/30/20222,350,000 shares $6.89 million -16.4%7.8%3.2 $2.93 6/15/20222,810,000 shares $6.88 million +2.9%9.3%2.9 $2.45 5/31/20222,730,000 shares $6.85 million +11.9%9.0%3.2 $2.51 5/15/20222,440,000 shares $6.08 million +35.6%8.1%3 $2.49 4/30/20221,800,000 shares $5.47 million +12.5%5.9%2.3 $3.04 4/15/20221,600,000 shares $5.79 million -36.3%5.3%2.2 $3.62 3/31/20222,510,000 shares $8.99 million +4.6%8.3%3.6 $3.58 3/15/20222,400,000 shares $9.84 million -2.4%7.9%5.9 $4.10 2/28/20222,460,000 shares $13.48 million +2.5%8.1%5.5 $5.48 2/15/20222,400,000 shares $14.57 million +3.5%7.9%5 $6.07 1/31/20222,320,000 shares $13.97 million +5.9%7.6%4.7 $6.02 1/15/20222,190,000 shares $13.47 million -1.4%7.2%4.3 $6.15 12/31/20212,220,000 shares $15.12 million +21.3%7.6%4.3 $6.81 12/15/20211,830,000 shares $12.81 million -1.6%6.2%3.6 $7.00 11/30/20211,860,000 shares $13.06 million -0.5%6.3%4.1 $7.02 11/15/20211,870,000 shares $19.34 million -11.0%6.4%4.4 $10.34 10/29/20212,100,000 shares $21.80 million -5.8%7.2%5 $10.38 BNED Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Barnes & Noble Education's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Barnes & Noble Education shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 30th, investors have sold 1,885,210 shares of BNED short. 5.53% of Barnes & Noble Education's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Barnes & Noble Education's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Barnes & Noble Education? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. BNED shares currently have a short interest ratio of 9.3. Learn More on Barnes & Noble Education's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Barnes & Noble Education? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 5.53% of Barnes & Noble Education's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Barnes & Noble Education's short interest increasing or decreasing? Barnes & Noble Education saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,885,210 shares, an increase of 17.9% from the previous total of 1,598,649 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Barnes & Noble Education's short interest compare to its competitors? 5.53% of Barnes & Noble Education's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "specialty retail" compare to Barnes & Noble Education: Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (20.20%), National Vision Holdings, Inc. (20.14%), MarineMax, Inc. (9.24%), Winmark Corporation (11.05%), Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. (6.26%), Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (24.44%), SNDL Inc. (0.69%), Outdoor Holding Company (3.22%), Immersion Corporation (8.96%), High Tide Inc. (0.95%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($75.10 billion), Invesco QQQ ($52.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($25.28 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($11.70 billion), Nebius Group N.V. ($10.54 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($9.69 billion), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF ($9.22 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($8.80 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($7.65 billion), and Lumentum Holdings Inc. ($7.23 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Barnes & Noble Education stock? Short selling BNED is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Barnes & Noble Education as its price is falling. BNED shares are trading up $0.18 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Barnes & Noble Education? A short squeeze for Barnes & Noble Education occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BNED, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Barnes & Noble Education's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BNED, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 30 2026. What do BNED's short interest metrics mean? Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like BNED:Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity. 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