BNED
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. Consumer Discretionary Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores Russell 3000
$12.67Close
$436.2MMarket cap
$6.08 – $13.9552-week range
Highlights
Strengths
- In a stage-2 uptrend all 8 trend conditions pass
Cautions
- Financial distress Altman Z″ in the distress zone
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
9%
1wk
down 6.6%
price change
1mo
up 10.0%
price change
12-month return
up 42%
market up 11% ·
its own up 30%
F-score
8 / 9
Exceptional
Altman Z″
-0.26
Elevated risk
P/E
25.9×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
1.5×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 7.3%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
82%
of the market · markedly cheap
Revenue growth
up 7%
year on year
EPS growth
—
latest quarter
Sales growth
up 1%
latest quarter · +6 pts
ROE
up 6%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 2%
$33.9M FCF
D/E
0.24
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
0.9×
Interest cover
—EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- issued more shares
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profitability improving
- profits backed by cash
- reduced long-term debt
- short-term liquidity improved
- gross margin widened
- assets working harder
Repair signals
- FCF turned positive ($-98M → $34M)
- Long-term debt down 31% ($0.1B → $0.1B)
Trade setup
ATR%
3.7%
$0.47 a day · 2×ATR $11.73
RS
77 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
8 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.0×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
0.98
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 8 of 8
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Accounts declared unreliable The company told the SEC that previously issued financial statements should no longer be relied upon. Every figure on this page that predates that filing is drawn from statements the company itself has withdrawn.
- Bankruptcy model reads distressed The Altman score sits inside the range historically associated with financial distress. It is used here only to exclude, never to rank, and it is a statistical band rather than a prediction about this company.
Last reported
Sep 8, 2026
Last shock
Sep 9, 2026-12% in one session3.5× volumeon results+18% since
Financials
- Gross 23%
- Net 1%
- Free cash 2%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2021May 1, 2021 | FY2022Apr 30, 2022 | FY2023Apr 29, 2023 | FY2024Apr 27, 2024 | FY2025May 3, 2025 | FY2026May 2, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.6B |
| Gross margin | 16% | 23% | 23% | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| Operating income | -$168.8M | -$60.6M | -$66.4M | -$33.8M | $15.9M | $36.5M |
| Net income | -$139.8M | -$68.9M | -$101.9M | -$75.7M | -$65.8M | $16.9M |
| Net margin | -10% | -5% | -7% | -5% | -4% | 1% |
| Earnings per share | -$2.81 | -$1.33 | -$38.61 | -$28.45 | -$2.50 | $0.49 |
| Free cash flow | $5.3M | -$32.4M | $66.6M | -$19.2M | -$98.3M | $33.9M |
| Free cash margin | 0% | -2% | 4% | -1% | -7% | 2% |
| Cash | $8.0M | $8.8M | $14.2M | $10.5M | $9.1M | $8.4M |
| Long-term debt | — | $185.7M | $182.2M | $196.3M | $103.1M | $71.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $293.0M | $228.4M | $153.1M | $80.4M | $272.2M | $294.4M |
| Shares outstanding | 51.38m | 52.05m | 526k | 531.56k | 34.05m | 34.43m |
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 1, 2026 | 38d |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Annual ↗ | May 2, 2026 | 68d |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jan 31, 2026 | 38d |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Aug 2, 2025 | 171d |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Nov 1, 2025 | 80d |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Annual ↗ | May 3, 2025 | 234d |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jan 25, 2025 | 44d |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Oct 26, 2024 | 44d |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jul 27, 2024 | 45d |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Apr 27, 2024 | 65d |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jan 27, 2024 | 45d |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Quarterly ↗ | Oct 28, 2023 | 40d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Results · Regulation FD · Other events ↗ |
| Mar 16, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Nov 25, 2025 | Results · Prior accounts unreliable · Other events ↗ |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Results ↗ |