NYSE · BNED

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

$12.74 +$0.86 (+7.22%) 1D Market open

Key Metrics

$411.56M
Market cap
24.39×
P/E · TTM
$1.71B
Revenue · TTM
$16.87M
Net income
EPS · TTM $0.64
Dividend yield
Free cash flow $33.86M
Beta · 1Y 1.77
EBITDA · TTM $38.86M
Gross margin 21.4%

The Story So Far

LAST 6 MONTHS PRIMARY SOURCES ONLY
  • Jul 28
    Money has been moving out of its sector (Consumer Discretionary).

    Consumer Discretionary has run -4.6 points vs SPY over four weeks, ranking 5→10→11→2 of 11 sectors — this stock trades inside that current.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION MAP, LIVE ↗
  • Jul 16
    Money rotated out of high-beta cohorts market-wide.

    High-beta names lagged the blue-chips by 20.3 points over ten sessions around this date. Stocks in that cohort weren't falling alone — they fell together.

    RECEIPT: ROTATION GAUGE, LIVE
  • Jul 10
    The stock moved +13.0% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Jul 10
  • Jun 25
    The stock moved +20.1% in a single session.

    Sessions this size usually pair with a chapter above or below — a filing, a headline, or the whole cohort moving together.

    RECEIPT: DAILY BAR, Jun 25

The story updates itself as events post · The wolf reports; you decide

Snapshot

Market cap$411.56M
Enterprise value$474.15M
Shares outstanding34.6M
52-wk range$5.90 – $14.75
Avg volume · 20D152.0K
Net cash −$62.58M
Book value / share$11.20
IndustryRetail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores
ExchangeNYSE
About Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.
IPO dateJul 23, 2015
Employees3613

Barnes & Noble Education Inc is contract operators of physical and virtual bookstores for college and university campuses and K-12 institutions across the United States. The company is also one of the textbook wholesalers and inventory management hardware and software providers.

Wolf Grade COMING SOON

The wolf is in training. Composite grades vs sector — profitability, health, value, momentum — arrive with the percentile engine. Methodology will be public.

Valuation

P/E24.39
P/S0.24
P/FCF12.15
EV/EBITDA12.20
EV/Sales0.28
Graham №$12.71

Profitability

Gross 21.4%
Operating 1.2%
Net 1.0%
FCF 2.0%
ROE / ROIC 6.0% · 4.7%

Financial Health

Current ratio1.71
Quick ratio0.66
Debt / equity0.24
Debt / EBITDA 1.83
Net cash −$62.58M
Working capital$200.86M

Cash Flow · TTM

Operating CF $50.06M
Capex −$16.20M
Free cash flow $33.86M
Buybacks $0
Dividends paid
Shareholder yield 0.0%

Piotroski F-Score

8 / 9
Strong fundamentals · 8 of 9 signals passing

Altman Z-Score

2.0
Grey zone (1.81–2.99) · monitor

Graham Number vs Price

$12.71 vs $12.84
Trades 1.0× above classic defensive value — priced for growth
Fundamentals through 2026-01-31 · computed by TickerWolf from SEC filings