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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. BNED

NYSE · stock · Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores · website · IPO 2015-07-23 · LEI

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. statistics & valuation

Market cap$471.2M
P / E27.9×
P / S0.3×
P / B1.6×
P / FCF13.9×
Net margin1.0%
Return on equity5.7%
FCF margin2.0%
Net debt$62.6M
Net debt / EBITDA0.9×
Enterprise value USD$533.8M
EV / EBITDA7.7×
Earnings yield EBIT/EV6.8%
Return on capital8%
Graham number -19.6%$9.68

Market cap as of 2026-06-29. Multiples are price-derived and refreshed daily; everything else from the latest financial reports. The Graham number is Benjamin Graham's rough maximum fair value ($9.68); a green figure means the price is below it.

Profitability & efficiency

Net margin (%)
0.30% -11.50% -1.20% -2.10% -9.90% -4.60% -6.60% -4.80% -4.10% 1.00% 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Gross margin (%)
24.50% 25.30% 25.90% 23.90% 16.40% 22.90% 22.60% 22.00% 21.00% 21.40% 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Operating margin (%)
0.70% -11.90% -1.40% -2.30% -12.00% -4.10% -4.30% -2.20% 1.00% 2.10% 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Return on equity (%)
0.80% -54.00% -5.40% -9.20% -47.70% -30.20% -66.50% -94.20% -24.20% 5.70% 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Shares outstanding
46.8M 46.9M 47.6M 48.3M 51.4M 52.0M 2.6M 2.7M 34.1M 34.6M 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Net debt ($)
$176.9M $167.9M $185.9M $94.0M $62.6M 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Share buybacks ($)
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Return on assets (%)
0.40% -24.30% -2.60% -3.30% -13.60% -6.40% -10.40% -8.30% -8.30% 2.30% 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Free cash flow margin (%)
1.80% 0.80% 3.70% -2.40% 0.40% -3.30% 4.30% -1.20% -6.10% 2.00% 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Debt / equity (×)
0.81× 1.19× 2.44× 0.38× 0.24× 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
EPS ($)
$0.11 -$5.40 -$0.52 -$0.80 -$2.81 -$1.33 -$38.61 -$28.46 -$2.50 $0.49 2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Margins and returns computed from annual filings. Falling shares outstanding = buybacks; rising = dilution. Net debt = debt − cash (negative = net cash).

Key ratios (by fiscal year)

RatioFY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017
Gross margin21.4%21.0%22.0%22.6%22.9%16.4%23.9%25.9%25.3%24.5%
Operating margin2.1%1.0%-2.2%-4.3%-4.1%-12.0%-2.3%-1.4%-11.9%0.7%
Net margin1.0%-4.1%-4.8%-6.6%-4.6%-9.9%-2.1%-1.2%-11.5%0.3%
FCF margin2.0%-6.1%-1.2%4.3%-3.3%0.4%-2.4%3.7%0.8%1.8%
Return on assets2.3%-8.3%-8.3%-10.4%-6.4%-13.6%-3.3%-2.6%-24.3%0.4%
Return on equity5.7%-24.2%-94.2%-66.5%-30.2%-47.7%-9.2%-5.4%-54.0%0.8%
Debt / equity0.24×0.38×2.44×1.19×0.81×—————
Current ratio1.711.671.101.161.281.341.441.451.501.46

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-05-03. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.