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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
1W: +5.6% 1M: +20.2% 3M: +4.5% YTD: +58.2% 1Y: +45.7% 3Y: -84.9% 5Y: -98.7%
$13.60
-0.02 (-0.15%)
After Hours: $13.38 (-0.22, -1.65%)
Weekly Expected Move ±5.0%
$12 $13 $14 $14 $15
NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 72 · $472.1M mcap · 9M float · 3.30% daily turnover · Short 56% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 67% of companies Debt: 36.7% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the middle of the pack, about 1 in 580 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.42 (down 97%), Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $273.2M against a stock market value of $472.1M.
Distance to default 3.66 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-08-01, debt counted $61.8M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 62.8%; Altman Z'' -0.09. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.
Smart Money Score
Moderate 50
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Key Statistics
Market Cap$472.1M
52W Range5.9-14.75
Volume193,577
Avg Volume299,137
Beta1.30
Dividend$0.08
Analyst Ratings
1 Buy 2 Hold 0 Sell
Consensus Hold
Company Info
CEOJonathan Shar
Employees3,613
SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustrySpecialty Retail
IPO Date2015-07-23
Websitebned.com
180 Park Avenue
Florham Park, NJ 07932
US
908 991 2665
About Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. operates bookstores for college and university campuses, and K-12 institutions primarily in the United States. 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. Additionally, it offers direct-to-student services. It operates physical college and university bookstores; virtual bookstores; True Spirit e apparel and spirit shop e-commerce websites; pop-up retail locations; customized cafés and stand-alone convenience stores; and a media channel for brands targeting the college demographic. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey.

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