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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%)
 
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.

Revenue Segmentation

By Product / Service

Revenue by Segment (5-Year Trend)

Income Trends

Revenue
$1.7B +6.5% ▲
5Y CAGR: +4.0%
Gross Profit
$366M +8.4% ▲
5Y CAGR: +9.7%
Operating Income
$44M +175.0% ▲
Net Income
$17M +125.6% ▲
EPS (Diluted)
$0.49 +119.6% ▲
EBITDA
$66M +1162.7% ▲

Profit Margins

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Income Statement
Line ItemFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026
Revenue$1.5B$1.5B$1.6B$1.6B$1.7B
YoY Growth+6.3%+3.2%+1.6%+2.7%+6.5%
Cost of Revenue$1.2B$1.2B$1.2B$1.3B$1.3B
Gross Profit$343M$349M$357M$338M$366M
Gross Margin22.9%22.6%22.8%21.0%21.4%
R&D Expenses$0$0$0$0$0
SG&A Expenses$383M$358M$312M$284M$290M
Operating Expenses$403M$416M$379M$322M$322M
Operating Income-$53M-$66M-$22M$16M$44M
Operating Margin-3.6%-4.3%-1.4%1.0%2.6%
Interest Expense$10M$23M$40M$17M$16M
Income Before Tax-$71M-$89M-$62M-$62M$21M
Tax Expense-$9M$1M$183K$4M$4M
Net Income-$69M-$102M-$63M-$66M$17M
Net Margin-4.6%-6.6%-4.0%-4.1%1.0%
EPS (Diluted)$-28.99$-42.28$-23.47$-2.50$0.49
EBITDA-$18M-$24M$19M-$6M$66M
Shares Outstanding21M21M27M26M35M

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