Barnes & Noble Education, Inc

BNED Consumer Cyclical Specialty Retail

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $1.7 billion, up 6.50% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+0.85%
EPS
+31.5%
Free cash flow
+20.9%
Total debt
−27.4%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

12.67 0.05 −0.39%
Market cap
$440.9M
P/E
19.5×
Fwd P/E
14.3×
Dividend yield
1.26%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
1.95
Beneish M
−2.59
Dividend safety
66/100
Apr '17 Apr '18 Apr '19 Apr '20 Apr '21 Apr '22 Apr '23 Apr '24 Apr '25 Apr '26
Piotroski F-Score
4 5 6 1 2 5 3 3 4 8
P/E ratio
94.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.54
Altman Z-Score
2.18 1.58 2.17 1.39 0.72 0.81 0.89 0.70 1.45 1.95
P/S ratio
0.26 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.28 0.11 0.26 0.03 0.22 0.20
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
2.39 (0.23) 1.18 0.56 (1.21) (0.88) (1.76) (2.13) (0.71) (0.26)
P/FCF ratio
14.38 19.51 2.70 0.00 73.66 0.00 5.98 0.00 0.00 10.00
P/Operating CF
(6.22) (4.19) (3.76) (0.85) (47.47) (23.59) 3.49 0.66 6.81 4.19
Beneish M-Score
(2.27) (4.02) (3.27) (2.38) (2.52) (2.86) (3.73) (2.82) (2.23) (2.59)
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 66
P/B ratio
0.67 0.72 0.45 0.21 1.34 0.70 3.05 0.67 1.32 1.15
EV/Sales
0.33 0.23 0.16 0.14 0.40 0.25 0.43 0.30 0.42 0.36
EV/EBITDA
9.16 0.00 7.90 10.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.30 11.46 8.57
EV/FCF
18.60 29.97 4.28 (5.63) 105.45 (11.59) 10.01 (24.18) (6.88) 18.46
Current Ratio
1.46 1.50 1.45 1.44 1.34 1.28 1.16 1.10 1.67 1.71
Net Debt/EBITDA
2.08 (0.92) 2.92 6.86 (1.39) (13.04) (7.95) 9.33 1.59 0.86
Debt/Equity
0.22 0.42 0.30 0.42 0.61 0.99 1.39 2.44 0.38 0.24
ROE
0.75% (42.75%) (5.31%) (8.81%) (39.34%) (26.41%) (56.73%) (71.75%) (37.34%) 5.96%
ROA
0.45% (21.60%) (2.46%) (3.64%) (12.78%) (6.55%) (9.93%) (8.01%) (7.74%) 2.21%
ROIC
0.99% (25.33%) (3.03%) (4.58%) (22.80%) (8.51%) (13.90%) (7.93%) 2.72% 6.40%
Return on Tangible Assets
1.75% (79.63%) (8.33%) (13.86%) (64.63%) (36.26%) (71.20%) (76.53%) (29.08%) 7.18%
Average Days of Receivables
16.75 16.57 17.62 17.91 31.42 33.19 21.88 23.02 22.23 24.80
Earnings Yield
1.06% (74.97%) (11.86%) (45.25%) (33.25%) (43.97%) (129.14%) (521.48%) (55.38%) 4.87%
Free Cash Flow Yield
6.96% 5.13% 37.05% (52.21%) 1.36% (20.40%) 16.71% (35.44%) (27.42%) 10.00%
Free Cash Flow per Share
71.93 36.85 159.31 (93.46) 10.74 (62.64) 25.24 (7.21) (3.74) 0.99
Book value per Share
1,540.82 1,000.78 952.50 870.13 589.92 440.88 49.56 30.20 10.35 8.58
Free Cash Flow
33.32 17.23 75.37 (44.87) 5.33 (32.45) 66.58 (19.19) (98.31) 33.86
EV/EBIT
45.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 42.50 17.11
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Columns are period end dates · fundamentals updated 26 Oct 2026