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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 '26 Apr '25 Apr '24 Apr '23 Apr '22 Apr '21 Apr '20 Apr '19 Apr '18 Apr '17
Piotroski F-Score
8 4 3 3 5 2 1 6 5 4
P/E ratio
20.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 94.00
Altman Z-Score
1.95 1.45 0.70 0.89 0.81 0.72 1.39 2.17 1.58 2.18
P/S ratio
0.20 0.17 0.03 0.26 0.11 0.28 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.26
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
(0.26) (0.71) (2.13) (1.76) (0.88) (1.21) 0.56 1.18 (0.23) 2.39
P/FCF ratio
10.00 0.00 0.00 5.98 0.00 73.66 0.00 2.70 19.51 14.38
P/Operating CF
4.19 5.26 0.66 3.49 (23.59) (47.47) (0.85) (3.76) (4.19) (6.22)
Beneish M-Score
(2.59) (2.23) (2.82) (3.73) (2.86) (2.52) (2.38) (3.27) (4.02) (2.27)
Dividend Safety Score
66 — — — — — — — — —
P/B ratio
1.15 1.02 0.67 3.05 0.70 1.34 0.21 0.45 0.72 0.67
Price to Tangible BV
1.43 1.43 0.00 19.80 1.57 2.86 0.36 0.81 1.68 2.75
EV/Sales
0.36 0.37 0.30 0.43 0.25 0.40 0.14 0.16 0.23 0.33
EV/EBITDA
8.57 10.08 23.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.41 7.90 0.00 9.16
EV/Operating CF
12.49 (6.97) (90.59) 7.27 323.80 17.10 (29.09) 2.65 8.60 9.11
EV/FCF
18.46 (6.05) (24.18) 10.01 (11.59) 105.45 (5.63) 4.28 29.97 18.60
Quick Ratio
0.44 0.38 0.23 0.23 0.35 0.35 0.24 0.27 0.28 0.25
Current Ratio
1.71 1.67 1.10 1.16 1.28 1.34 1.44 1.45 1.50 1.46
Net Debt/EBITDA
0.86 1.59 9.33 (7.95) (13.04) (1.39) 6.86 2.92 (0.92) 2.08
Debt/Assets
9.60% 13.05% 21.58% 18.57% 21.06% 17.22% 15.11% 14.11% 18.90% 12.28%
Debt/Equity
0.24 0.38 2.44 1.39 0.99 0.61 0.42 0.30 0.42 0.22
Asset Turnover
2.24 1.89 1.66 1.50 1.42 1.29 1.76 2.05 1.88 1.58
Operating CF/Net income
2.97 1.30 0.07 (0.90) (0.02) (0.24) 0.23 (5.00) (0.24) 12.69
Capex/Depreciation
(0.44) (0.30) (0.26) (0.55) (0.76) (0.59) (0.54) (0.68) (0.64) (0.64)
Interest Coverage
2.30 0.72 (0.84) (2.93) (6.00) (20.87) (5.75) (2.83) (25.49) 3.91
ROE
5.96% (37.34%) (71.75%) (56.73%) (26.41%) (39.34%) (8.81%) (5.31%) (42.75%) 0.75%
ROA
2.21% (7.74%) (8.01%) (9.93%) (6.55%) (12.78%) (3.64%) (2.46%) (21.60%) 0.45%
ROIC
6.40% 2.72% (7.93%) (13.90%) (8.51%) (22.80%) (4.58%) (3.03%) (25.33%) 0.99%
Return on Tangible Assets
7.18% (29.08%) (76.53%) (71.20%) (36.26%) (64.63%) (13.86%) (8.33%) (79.63%) 1.75%
Average Days of Receivables
24.80 22.23 23.02 21.88 33.19 31.42 17.91 17.62 16.57 16.75
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
16.83% 17.63% 19.88% 23.17% 23.67% 22.48% 21.85% 20.87% 19.78% 20.83%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.08 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.15 0.16 0.21 0.26 0.41
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.36% 0.33% 0.22% 0.31% 0.38% 0.33% 0.36% 0.44% 0.38% 0.50%
Graham Net Nets
0.12 (0.19) (5.71) (0.79) (1.96) (0.60) (1.79) 0.47 0.14 0.03
Graham Number
9.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 617.54
Earnings Yield
4.87% (53.10%) (385.42%) (129.14%) (43.97%) (33.25%) (45.25%) (11.86%) (74.97%) 1.06%
Free Cash Flow Yield
10.00% (35.50%) (35.51%) 16.71% (20.40%) 1.36% (52.21%) 37.05% 5.13% 6.96%
Revenue per Share
49.95 61.23 588.64 584.99 2,887.52 2,831.72 3,855.58 4,300.66 4,712.61 4,046.55
Operating CF per Share
1.46 (3.25) (1.92) 34.75 2.24 66.23 (18.07) 257.43 128.40 146.77
Capex per Share
(0.47) (0.49) (5.28) (9.51) (64.88) (55.49) (75.38) (98.12) (91.55) (74.85)
Free Cash Flow per Share
0.99 (3.74) (7.21) 25.24 (62.64) 10.74 (93.46) 159.31 36.85 71.93
Cash per Share
0.25 0.34 3.93 5.39 16.98 16.15 17.17 29.62 34.49 41.03
Shareholders Equity per Share
8.58 10.35 30.20 49.56 440.88 589.92 870.13 952.50 1,000.78 1,540.82
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
8.58 10.35 30.20 49.56 440.88 589.92 870.13 952.50 1,000.78 1,540.82
Free Cash Flow
33.86 (98.31) (19.19) 66.58 (32.45) 5.33 (44.87) 75.37 17.23 33.32
Working Capital
200.86 186.16 46.07 74.92 116.30 127.15 178.25 182.82 205.91 189.41
Capital Expenditures
(16.20) (12.89) (14.07) (25.09) (33.61) (27.56) (36.19) (46.42) (42.81) (34.67)
Net Current Asset Value
39.01 (52.71) (308.74) (313.03) (311.47) (237.27) (153.76) 95.81 48.12 16.51
EV/EBIT
17.11 37.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.71
Capex to Sales
0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Price to Operating Income
9.26 17.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35.33
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
1.07 1.07 1.02 0.66 0.60 0.53 0.69 0.62 0.60 0.46
Cash ROIC
9.06% (25.58%) (6.68%) 20.35% (7.01%) 1.11% (7.47%) 12.60% 2.53% 3.73%
Accounts Receivable Turnover
15.98 16.35 16.38 13.51 11.64 13.27 19.58 20.52 23.68 27.37
Accounts Payable Turnover
9.48 5.68 4.31 5.30 7.20 8.36 8.52 8.04 8.65 8.21
Inventory Turnover
4.51 3.95 3.66 3.87 4.01 3.31 3.32 3.49 3.75 3.79
Average Days of Payables
36.69 42.70 89.34 81.92 57.82 42.69 37.23 45.25 41.66 49.71
Days of Inventory on Hand
80.75 85.93 102.74 98.75 93.03 87.24 111.15 101.81 98.34 111.94
Average Receivables
107.30 98.46 95.68 114.26 128.54 105.96 94.55 99.15 93.05 68.48
Average Payables
142.21 224.00 283.54 225.27 160.10 140.63 165.25 187.36 190.33 172.46
Average Inventory
298.95 321.80 333.51 308.42 287.48 355.03 424.63 431.94 438.81 373.41
Average Assets
765.09 850.12 945.36 1,026.17 1,051.33 1,093.77 1,051.31 992.70 1,169.52 1,185.76
Average Common Equity
283.31 176.29 105.58 179.56 260.69 355.38 434.19 459.30 590.84 711.05

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