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Barnes & Noble Education Inc

BNED

8.960USD

+0.410+4.80%

Close 02/06, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

305.12MMarket Cap

12.28P/E TTM

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Barnes & Noble Education Inc

8.960

+0.410+4.80%

Overview Financials Analysis Company

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

Overview

Financials

Analysis

Company

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Barnes & Noble Education Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-02-06

Key Insights

Barnes & Noble Education Inc's fundamentals are relatively stable, with an industry-leading ESG disclosure.and its growth potential is high.Its valuation is considered fairly valued, ranking 84 out of 93 in the Specialty Retailers industry.Institutional ownership is very high.Over the past month, multiple analysts have rated it as , with the highest price target at 0.00.In the medium term, the stock price is expected to trend up.Despite a good stock market performance and outperforming fundamentals over the past month, the technicals don't support the current trend.The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Barnes & Noble Education Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

84 / 93

Overall Ranking

451 / 4521

Industry

Specialty Retailers

Support & Resistance

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Media Coverage

Last 24 hours

Coverage Level

Very Low

Very High

Neutral

Barnes & Noble Education Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. is a contract operator of physical and virtual bookstores for college and university campuses and K-12 institutions across the United States. The Company also textbook wholesalers and inventory management hardware and software providers. The Company operates through two segments: Retail, and Wholesale. The Retail Segment operates 1,245 college, university, and K-12 school bookstores, comprised of 707 physical bookstores and 538 virtual bookstores. The Wholesale Segment provided a comprehensive selection of new and used textbooks to approximately 2,750 physical bookstores, including its Retail segment's 707 physical bookstores and sources, and distributes new and used textbooks to its 538 virtual bookstores. Additionally, the Wholesale Segment sells hardware and a software suite of applications that provides inventory management and point-of-sale solutions to approximately 325 college bookstores.

Overvalued

The company’s latest PE is 12.28, at a high 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 27.34M shares, decreasing 0.00% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by Invesco

Star Investor Invesco holds 47.37K shares of this stock.

Analyst Rating

Based on 0 analysts

Current Rating

0.000

Target Price

0.00%

Upside Space

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-02-06

The current financial score of Barnes & Noble Education Inc is 6.40, ranking 76 out of 93 in the Specialty Retailers industry. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 644.41M, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.02%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 49.78%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.40

Change

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Financials

5.05

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

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Quality of Earnings

4.70

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

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Operational Efficiency

8.38

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

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Growth Potential

6.50

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

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Shareholder Returns

7.36

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Barnes & Noble Education Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-02-06

The current valuation score of Barnes & Noble Education Inc is 7.52, ranking 54 out of 93 in the Specialty Retailers industry. Its current P/E ratio is 12.28, which is 4.69% below the recent high of 12.86 and 130.68% above the recent low of -3.77.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.52

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 84/93

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-02-06

No earnings forecast score is currently available for Barnes & Noble Education Inc. The Specialty Retailers industry's average is 7.32.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

0.00

Change

Support & Resistance

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

No Data

Financial Forecasting

EPS

Revenue

Net Profit

EBIT

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-02-06

The current price momentum score of Barnes & Noble Education Inc is 3.23, ranking 93 out of 93 in the Specialty Retailers industry. Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 9.74 and the support level at 8.15, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

3.17

Change

0.06

Support & Resistance

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Indicators

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The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators

Sell(2)

Neutral(4)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.048

Neutral

RSI(14)

50.652

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

28.312

Neutral

ATR(14)

0.466

Low Volatility

CCI(14)

-53.812

Neutral

Williams %R

64.255

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

0.125

Sell

StochRSI(14)

47.217

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(3)

Neutral(0)

Buy(3)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

9.020

Sell

MA10

9.008

Sell

MA20

8.945

Buy

MA50

8.941

Buy

MA100

8.883

Buy

MA200

9.524

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-02-06

The current institutional shareholding score of Barnes & Noble Education Inc is 7.00, ranking 48 out of 93 in the Specialty Retailers industry. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 78.68%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.01%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 1.06M shares, representing 3.10% of shares outstanding, with 40.23% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

7.00

Change

Institutional Shareholding

Relevant data have not been disclosed by the company yet.

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

Immersion corp

11.21M

Francisco Partners

3.22M

Kanen Wealth Management, LLC

3.09M

-0.06%

Springhouse Capital Management, LP

1.73M

FanzzLids Holdings, LLC

1.69M

-43.39%

Outerbridge Capital Management, LLC

1.06M

-48.76%

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

1.03M

+7.02%

Selz (Bernard T)

1.04M

+3111.96%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

971.56K

+4.33%

Prescott Group Capital Management, LLC

307.81K

+6.14%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2026-02-06

The U.S. Dollar Index is currently in a neutral state, which has a neutral effect on the Specialty Retailers domestic-focused industry. The Dollar Index (DXY) measures the value of the U.S. dollar against a basket of major currencies, including the euro, yen, pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc. The current risk assessment score of Barnes & Noble Education Inc is 2.82, ranking 68 out of 93 in the Specialty Retailers industry. The company's beta value is 1.45. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets. with an industry-leading ESG disclosure.