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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. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue was flat, EPS grew 31.5%, free cash flow grew 20.9% and total debt fell 27.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for five consecutive years.

12.51 0.57 +4.77%
Market cap
$413.9M
P/E
19.2×
Fwd P/E
−1.5×
Dividend yield
1.28%
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 0.17 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 5.26 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 1.02 1.15
Price to Tangible BV
2.75 1.68 0.81 0.36 2.86 1.57 19.80 0.00 1.43 1.43
EV/Sales
0.33 0.23 0.16 0.14 0.40 0.25 0.43 0.30 0.37 0.36
EV/EBITDA
9.16 0.00 7.90 10.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.30 10.08 8.57
EV/Operating CF
9.11 8.60 2.65 (29.09) 17.10 323.80 7.27 (90.59) (6.97) 12.49
EV/FCF
18.60 29.97 4.28 (5.63) 105.45 (11.59) 10.01 (24.18) (6.05) 18.46
Quick Ratio
0.25 0.28 0.27 0.24 0.35 0.35 0.23 0.23 0.38 0.44
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/Assets
12.28% 18.90% 14.11% 15.11% 17.22% 21.06% 18.57% 21.58% 13.05% 9.60%
Debt/Equity
0.22 0.42 0.30 0.42 0.61 0.99 1.39 2.44 0.38 0.24
Asset Turnover
1.58 1.88 2.05 1.76 1.29 1.42 1.50 1.66 1.89 2.24
Operating CF/Net income
12.69 (0.24) (5.00) 0.23 (0.24) (0.02) (0.90) 0.07 1.30 2.97
Capex/Depreciation
(0.64) (0.64) (0.68) (0.54) (0.59) (0.76) (0.55) (0.26) (0.30) (0.44)
Interest Coverage
3.91 (25.49) (2.83) (5.75) (20.87) (6.00) (2.93) (0.84) 0.72 2.30
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
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
20.83% 19.78% 20.87% 21.85% 22.48% 23.67% 23.17% 19.88% 17.63% 16.83%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.41 0.26 0.21 0.16 0.15 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.10 0.08
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.50% 0.38% 0.44% 0.36% 0.33% 0.38% 0.31% 0.22% 0.33% 0.36%
Graham Net Nets
0.03 0.14 0.47 (1.79) (0.60) (1.96) (0.79) (5.71) (0.19) 0.12
Graham Number
617.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.62
Earnings Yield
1.06% (74.97%) (11.86%) (45.25%) (33.25%) (43.97%) (129.14%) (385.42%) (53.10%) 4.87%
Free Cash Flow Yield
6.96% 5.13% 37.05% (52.21%) 1.36% (20.40%) 16.71% (35.51%) (35.50%) 10.00%
Revenue per Share
4,046.55 4,712.61 4,300.66 3,855.58 2,831.72 2,887.52 584.99 588.64 61.23 49.95
Operating CF per Share
146.77 128.40 257.43 (18.07) 66.23 2.24 34.75 (1.92) (3.25) 1.46
Capex per Share
(74.85) (91.55) (98.12) (75.38) (55.49) (64.88) (9.51) (5.28) (0.49) (0.47)
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
Cash per Share
41.03 34.49 29.62 17.17 16.15 16.98 5.39 3.93 0.34 0.25
Shareholders Equity per Share
1,540.82 1,000.78 952.50 870.13 589.92 440.88 49.56 30.20 10.35 8.58
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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
Working Capital
189.41 205.91 182.82 178.25 127.15 116.30 74.92 46.07 186.16 200.86
Capital Expenditures
(34.67) (42.81) (46.42) (36.19) (27.56) (33.61) (25.09) (14.07) (12.89) (16.20)
Net Current Asset Value
16.51 48.12 95.81 (153.76) (237.27) (311.47) (313.03) (308.74) (52.71) 39.01
EV/EBIT
45.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 37.37 17.11
Capex to Sales
0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01
Price to Operating Income
35.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.39 9.26
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.46 0.60 0.62 0.69 0.53 0.60 0.66 1.02 1.07 1.07
Cash ROIC
3.73% 2.53% 12.60% (7.47%) 1.11% (7.01%) 20.35% (6.68%) (25.58%) 9.06%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
27.37 23.68 20.52 19.58 13.27 11.64 13.51 16.38 16.35 15.98
Accounts Payable Turnover
8.21 8.65 8.04 8.52 8.36 7.20 5.30 4.31 5.68 9.48
Inventory Turnover
3.79 3.75 3.49 3.32 3.31 4.01 3.87 3.66 3.95 4.51
Average Days of Payables
49.71 41.66 45.25 37.23 42.69 57.82 81.92 89.34 42.70 36.69
Days of Inventory on Hand
111.94 98.34 101.81 111.15 87.24 93.03 98.75 102.74 85.93 80.75
Average Receivables
68.48 93.05 99.15 94.55 105.96 128.54 114.26 95.68 98.46 107.30
Average Payables
172.46 190.33 187.36 165.25 140.63 160.10 225.27 283.54 224.00 142.21
Average Inventory
373.41 438.81 431.94 424.63 355.03 287.48 308.42 333.51 321.80 298.95
Average Assets
1,185.76 1,169.52 992.70 1,051.31 1,093.77 1,051.33 1,026.17 945.36 850.12 765.09
Average Common Equity
711.05 590.84 459.30 434.19 355.38 260.69 179.56 105.58 176.29 283.31

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