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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

BNED NYSE Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores Financials FY2017โ€“FY2026

Last close ยท Oct 23, 2026

$13.57

2.7%
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Revenue Total sales reported in the income statement.
$1.7B
6.5% vs prior year
Operating margin Operating income as a share of revenue.
2.1%
1.1ย pts
Net income Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
$16.9M
Free cash flow Cash from operations minus capital spending.
$33.9M
Return on capital After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
8.4%
4.9ย pts
Market cap Last close times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate.
$469M
Oct 23 close
P/E Last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters.
20.6x
On $0.66 EPS (TTM)

What Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. does

No business description yet.

Legal name
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
Fiscal year ends
May 2, 2026
Latest annual report
10-K ยท Jul 9, 2026
Accession ยท CIK
0001634117-26-000070
0001634117

Revenue and margins

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. had $1.7B of revenue in fiscal 2026, up 6.5% on the year before.

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Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2017 to 2026, diluted EPS grew 18.1% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.

Net income
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Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS

Returns on capital

After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.

Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
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Cash flow

Free cash flow was $33.9M in fiscal 2026, 2.0% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.

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Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
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Dividends, buybacks and share count

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. returned $0.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2026, 0% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 31.6%.

Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
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Dividends Buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)

Balance sheet

Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. can carry it.

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Cash Debt
Fiscal year endFY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Cash and short-term investments $8.8M$14.2M$10.5M$9.1M$8.4M
Debt incl. finance leases $226M$182M$196M$103M$71.0M
Net debt / EBITDA โ€”โ€”27.5x1.7x0.9x
Debt / equity 1.0x1.2x2.4x0.4x0.2x
Current ratio 1.3x1.2x1.1x1.7x1.7x
Quick ratio 0.6x0.5x0.4x0.6x0.7x
Total assets $1.1B$981M$910M$790M$740M
Total liabilities $843M$850M$830M$518M$445M
Shareholders' equity $228M$153M$80.4M$272M$294M
Net debt (โˆ’ = net cash) $217M$168M$186M$94.0M$62.6M

Insider trades

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. โ€œPlanโ€ marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Bought, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Sold, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Of sales under plans

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$0.0M

No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.

Piotroski F-score

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8โ€“9 is strong, 0โ€“2 weak.

TestFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Net income is positive โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ“
Cash from operations is positive โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ“
Return on assets rose โ€” โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“
Cash from operations exceeds net income โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ“
Debt fell relative to assets โ€” โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ“ โœ“
Current ratio rose โ€” โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ“
Share count didn't rise โ€” โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ•
Gross margin rose โ€” โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ• โœ“
Revenue rose relative to assets โ€” โœ“ โœ“ โœ• โœ• โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“ โœ“
F-score โ€” / 36 / 95 / 92 / 93 / 95 / 95 / 93 / 93 / 98 / 9
Accruals ratio โˆ’4.8%โˆ’26.7%โˆ’14.7%โˆ’2.8%โˆ’15.8%โˆ’6.7%โˆ’18.9%โˆ’7.5%2.3%โˆ’4.3%
Altman Z'' 2.39โˆ’0.231.180.56โˆ’1.21โˆ’0.88โˆ’1.74โˆ’2.13โˆ’0.71โˆ’0.26

10 years of figures

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Fiscal yearFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
Income statement
Revenue $1.9B $2.2B $2.0B $1.9B $1.4B $1.5B $1.5B $1.6B $1.6B $1.7B
Net interest income โˆ’$3.5M โˆ’$10.3M โˆ’$9.8M โˆ’$7.4M โˆ’$8.1M โˆ’$10.1M $22.7M $40.4M โ€” โ€”
Gross profit $459M $557M $528M $443M $230M $343M $349M $345M $338M $366M
Operating income $13.6M โˆ’$263M โˆ’$27.7M โˆ’$42.8M โˆ’$169M โˆ’$60.6M โˆ’$66.4M โˆ’$33.8M $15.9M $36.5M
Pretax income $10.1M โˆ’$273M โˆ’$37.4M โˆ’$50.2M โˆ’$177M โˆ’$70.7M โˆ’$89.1M โˆ’$74.2M โˆ’$61.6M $20.7M
Income tax $4.7M โˆ’$20.4M โˆ’$13.1M โˆ’$12.0M โˆ’$7.2M โˆ’$9.2M $1.0M $0.9M $4.3M $3.8M
Net income $5.4M โˆ’$253M โˆ’$24.4M โˆ’$38.3M โˆ’$140M โˆ’$68.9M โˆ’$102M โˆ’$75.7M โˆ’$65.8M $16.9M
Net income to common $5.4M โˆ’$253M โˆ’$24.4M โˆ’$38.3M โˆ’$140M โˆ’$68.9M โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Diluted EPS $0.11 โˆ’$5.40 โˆ’$0.52 โˆ’$0.80 โˆ’$2.81 โˆ’$1.33 โˆ’$38.61 โˆ’$28.46 โˆ’$2.50 $0.49
Diluted shares 0.05B 0.05B 0.05B 0.05B 0.05B 0.05B 0.00B 0.00B 0.03B 0.03B
Cash flow
Cash from operations $68.0M $60.0M $122M โˆ’$8.7M $32.9M $1.2M $91.7M โˆ’$5.1M โˆ’$85.4M $50.1M
Capital expenditure $34.7M $42.8M $46.4M $36.2M $27.6M $33.6M $25.1M $14.1M $12.9M $16.2M
Free cash flow $33.3M $17.2M $75.4M โˆ’$44.9M $5.3M โˆ’$32.4M $66.6M โˆ’$19.2M โˆ’$98.3M $33.9M
Depreciation and amortization $53.3M $65.6M $65.9M $61.9M $45.2M $42.1M $42.2M $40.6M $37.9M $32.8M
Stock-based compensation $9.4M $8.5M $9.0M $6.6M $4.7M $5.7M $4.7M $3.4M $5.4M $6.2M
Acquisitions $187M $58.3M $10.0M $0.0M $0.0M โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Share buybacks $9.4M $1.6M $2.0M $1.3M $0.9M $2.4M $0.9M $0.2M $0.0M $0.0M
Dividends and buybacks $9.4M $1.6M $2.0M $1.3M $0.9M $2.4M $0.9M $0.2M $0.0M $0.0M
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments $19.0M $16.1M $14.0M $8.2M $8.0M $8.8M $14.2M $10.5M $9.1M $8.4M
Total debt $100M $100M $100M $75.0M $50.0M $226M $182M $196M $103M $71.0M
Current assets $603M $619M $591M $585M $501M $532M $537M $521M $465M $484M
Current liabilities $413M $413M $409M $407M $374M $415M $462M $475M $279M $284M
Inventory $434M $444M $420M $429M $281M $294M $323M $344M $300M $298M
Property and equipment, net $117M $111M $110M $97.7M $89.2M $73.6M $68.2M $52.9M $40.2M $34.1M
Goodwill $329M $49.3M $4.7M $4.7M $4.7M $4.7M โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
Intangible assets $210M $219M $195M $175M $151M $127M $111M $94.2M $78.2M $58.1M
Total assets $1.3B $1.0B $946M $1.2B $1.0B $1.1B $981M $910M $790M $740M
Total liabilities $586M $571M $496M $739M $738M $843M $850M $830M $518M $445M
Preferred stock $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Shareholders' equity $714M $468M $451M $418M $293M $228M $153M $80.4M $272M $294M
Margins
Gross margin 24.5% 25.3% 25.9% 23.9% 16.4% 22.9% 22.6% 22.0% 21.0% 21.4%
Operating margin 0.7% โˆ’11.9% โˆ’1.4% โˆ’2.3% โˆ’12.0% โˆ’4.1% โˆ’4.3% โˆ’2.2% 1.0% 2.1%
EBITDA margin 3.6% โˆ’8.9% 1.9% 1.0% โˆ’8.8% โˆ’1.2% โˆ’1.6% 0.4% 3.3% 4.0%
Net margin 0.3% โˆ’11.5% โˆ’1.2% โˆ’2.1% โˆ’9.9% โˆ’4.6% โˆ’6.6% โˆ’4.8% โˆ’4.1% 1.0%
FCF margin 1.8% 0.8% 3.7% โˆ’2.4% 0.4% โˆ’2.2% 4.3% โˆ’1.2% โˆ’6.1% 2.0%
Net interest share of revenue โˆ’0.2% โˆ’0.5% โˆ’0.5% โˆ’0.4% โˆ’0.6% โˆ’0.7% 1.5% 2.6% โ€” โ€”
Returns
Return on capital 1.1% โˆ’37.6% โˆ’4.1% โˆ’7.0% โˆ’39.8% โˆ’10.8% โˆ’16.4% โˆ’10.0% 3.4% 8.4%
Return on capital employed 1.5% โˆ’42.0% โˆ’5.1% โˆ’5.7% โˆ’25.7% โˆ’9.2% โˆ’12.8% โˆ’7.8% 3.1% 8.0%
Return on equity 0.8% โˆ’42.7% โˆ’5.3% โˆ’8.8% โˆ’39.3% โˆ’26.4% โˆ’53.4% โˆ’64.9% โˆ’37.3% 6.0%
Return on assets 0.4% โˆ’21.6% โˆ’2.5% โˆ’3.6% โˆ’12.8% โˆ’6.5% โˆ’9.9% โˆ’8.0% โˆ’7.7% 2.2%
Return on tangible equity 3.1% โˆ’126.6% โˆ’9.7% โˆ’16.1% โˆ’101.7% โˆ’71.2% โˆ’239.8% โ€” โˆ’33.9% 7.1%
Growth
Revenue growth โ€” 17.6% โˆ’7.7% โˆ’9.0% โˆ’24.0% 6.3% 3.2% 1.6% 2.7% 6.5%
Net income growth โ€” โˆ’4,811.2% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
EPS growth โ€” โˆ’5,009.1% โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€” โ€”
FCF growth โ€” โˆ’48.3% 337.4% โˆ’159.5% โ€” โˆ’708.3% โ€” โˆ’128.8% โ€” โ€”
Share count change โ€” 0.0% 1.2% 1.5% 3.4% 4.3% โˆ’94.9% 0.9% 887.8% 31.6%
Financial health
Net debt / EBITDA 1.2x โ€” 2.3x 3.5x โ€” โ€” โ€” 27.5x 1.7x 0.9x
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x 0.2x 1.0x 1.2x 2.4x 0.4x 0.2x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.5x 1.4x 1.4x 1.3x 1.3x 1.2x 1.1x 1.7x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.4x 0.4x 0.4x 0.6x 0.6x 0.5x 0.4x 0.6x 0.7x
Capital allocation
Capex / revenue 1.8% 1.9% 2.3% 2.0% 2.0% 2.2% 1.6% 0.9% 0.8% 0.9%
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4%
Payouts / FCF 28.2% 9.5% 2.6% โ€” 16.8% โ€” 1.3% โ€” โ€” 0.0%
Quality scores
Piotroski F-score โ€” 6.0 5.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 8.0
Altman Z'' 2.4 โˆ’0.2 1.2 0.6 โˆ’1.2 โˆ’0.9 โˆ’1.7 โˆ’2.1 โˆ’0.7 โˆ’0.3
Accruals ratio โˆ’4.8% โˆ’26.7% โˆ’14.7% โˆ’2.8% โˆ’15.8% โˆ’6.7% โˆ’18.9% โˆ’7.5% 2.3% โˆ’4.3%

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001634117). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only โ€” not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.

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