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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
1W: +0.9% 1M: +21.6% 3M: +8.3% YTD: +58.0% 1Y: +43.8% 3Y: -85.4% 5Y: -98.7%
$13.60
-0.02 (-0.15%)
Pre-Market: $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 · $471.4M 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 $471.4M.
Distance to default 3.66 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, 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.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$50M +158.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: +8.8%
Capital Expenditures
$16M -25.6% ▼
5Y CAGR: -15.3%
Free Cash Flow
$34M +134.4% ▲
Dividends Paid
$0 +0.0% ▲
Buybacks
$0 +100.0% ▲
Net Change in Cash
-$504K -429.4% ▼

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
— Operating Activities —
Net Income-$62M-$90M-$62M-$66M$17M
Depreciation & Amort.$43M$42M$41M$38M$33M
Stock-Based Comp.$10M$5M$3M$5M$6M
Change in Working Capital$7M$124M-$5M-$124M-$21M
Other Non-Cash Items$12M$10M$20M$62M$16M
Operating Cash Flow$1M$92M-$5M-$85M$50M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$44M-$25M-$14M-$13M-$16M
Acquisitions (Net)$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$872K-$6M$21M$793K$0
Investing Cash Flow-$43M-$31M$7M-$12M-$16M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$48M-$49M$11M-$62M-$32M
Stock Repurchased-$2M-$864K-$176K-$5K$0
Dividends Paid$0$0$0$0$0
Other Financing-$9K$0-$16M-$14M-$2M
Financing Cash Flow$46M-$50M-$6M$98M-$34M
Net Change in Cash$4M$11M-$3M$153K-$504K
Cash End of Period$22M$32M$29M$29M$28M
Free Cash Flow-$41M$67M-$19M-$98M$34M

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