How to buy Barnes-and-Noble Education stock (BNED)

Barnes-and-Noble Education is a specialty retail business based in the US. Barnes-and-Noble Education shares (BNED) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $10.06 – a decrease of 9.45% over the previous week. Barnes-and-Noble Education employs 2,520 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.6 billion.

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Barnes-and-Noble Education stock price (NYSE: BNED)

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Barnes-and-Noble Education shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$10.06
52-week range	$6.05 - $226.00
50-day moving average more info button	$10.34
200-day moving average more info button	$23.32
Wall St. target price	$0.75
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-68.05

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Barnes-and-Noble Education price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $10.06 from 2024-12-24

1 week (2024-12-19)	-9.45%
1 month (2024-11-26)	-4.64%
3 months (2024-09-26)	9.47%
6 months (2024-06-26)	43.30%

1 year (2023-12-26)	745.38%
2 years (2022-12-23)	-93.67%
3 years (2021-12-23)	669
5 years (2019-12-26)	419

Is Barnes-and-Noble Education stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Barnes-and-Noble Education stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Barnes-and-Noble Education's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Barnes-and-Noble Education's PEG ratio

Barnes-and-Noble Education's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.1. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Barnes-and-Noble Education's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Barnes-and-Noble Education's EBITDA

Barnes-and-Noble Education's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $53.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Barnes-and-Noble Education's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Barnes-and-Noble Education financials

Revenue TTM	$1.6 billion
Gross profit TTM	$372.8 million
Return on assets TTM	0.61%
Return on equity TTM	-99.34%
Profit margin	-7.17%
Book value	$132.67
Market Capitalization more info button	$342.9 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Barnes-and-Noble Education share dividends

We're not expecting Barnes-and-Noble Education to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Barnes-and-Noble Education's shares ever split?

Barnes-and-Noble Education's shares were split on a 1:100 basis on 11 June 2024 . So if you had owned 100 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Barnes-and-Noble Education shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 9900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Barnes-and-Noble Education shares which in turn could have impacted Barnes-and-Noble Education's share price.

Barnes-and-Noble Education share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Barnes-and-Noble Education's shares have ranged in value from as little as $6.05 up to $226. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Barnes-and-Noble Education's is 2.13. This would suggest that Barnes-and-Noble Education's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Barnes-and-Noble Education overview

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. operates bookstores for college and university campuses, and K-12 institutions primarily in the United States. It operates in two segments, Retail and Wholesale. The company sells and rents new and used print textbooks, digital textbooks, and publisher hosted digital courseware through physical and virtual bookstores, as well as directly to students through Textbooks. com. In addition, it offers First Day and First Day Complete access programs; and general merchandise, including collegiate and athletic apparel, school spirit products, lifestyle and wellness products, technology products, supplies, graduation products, and convenience items. Further, the company sources, sells, and distributes new and used textbooks; and sells hardware and a software suite of applications that provides inventory management and point-of-sale solutions to college bookstores.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Barnes-and-Noble Education is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 58.564% of Barnes-and-Noble Education shares are held by insiders and 30.058% by institutions. How many people work for Barnes-and-Noble Education?
Latest data suggests 2,520 work at Barnes-and-Noble Education. When does the fiscal year end for Barnes-and-Noble Education?
Barnes-and-Noble Education's fiscal year ends in April. Where is Barnes-and-Noble Education based?
Barnes-and-Noble Education's address is: 120 Mountain View Boulevard, Basking Ridge, NJ, United States, 07920 What is Barnes-and-Noble Education's ISIN number?
Barnes-and-Noble Education's international securities identification number is: US06777U1016 What is Barnes-and-Noble Education's CUSIP number?
Barnes-and-Noble Education's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 06777U101