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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc

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.

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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

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 1.39

Totals in millions of $.

	Dec 25			Mar 26			Jun 26			Sep 26
Buy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sell	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	6	—	2	—

Insider Ownership 50.68%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 413.90

Revenue 1,717.21

Net Income 22.23

Free Cash Flow 48.80

Net Debt 115.69

Current Ratio 1.66

Debt/Equity 0.44

P/E ratio 19.25

Fwd P/E (1.50)

P/S ratio 0.25

P/B ratio 1.55

Past 5Y EPS Growth —

This Y EPS Growth 47.12%

Next Y EPS Growth 47.14%

Next Y revenue growth 3.86%

Next 5Y EPS Growth 20.00%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/S against its own 10 years 82.39%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 86.89%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/Sales against its own 10 years 94.20%

10-year low 10-year high

EV/FCF against its own 10 years 47.21%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.25

Annual Dividend Rate 0.16

Annual Dividend Yield 1.28%

	total	individual payouts
2026	0.16	0.08 0.08
2023	Powerpack
2022	Powerpack
2021	Powerpack
2020	Powerpack
2018	Powerpack

special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2024	2025	2026	Q'26
Cash	10	9	8	8
Receivables	99	98	117	177
Inventory	344	300	298	366
Other	28	26	27	6
	521	465	484	594

	2024	2025	2026	Q'26
Payables	299	149	136	211
ST’ Debt	—	—	—	—
Other	—	—	—	—
	475	279	284	357

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	(0.53%)	4.04%	3.58%
Cash Flow	(4.94%)	8.76%	(18.26%)
Earnings	69.94%	0.00%	0.00%
Book Value	(8.40%)	0.10%	31.07%

Revenue $m

	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Year
’26	291	—	—	—	—
’26	288	644	515	267	1,715
’25	263	602	463	282	1,610
’24	264	610	457	236	1,567
’23	255	609	438	242	1,543
’22	241	627	403	225	1,496
’21	204	595	412	195	1,407

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Year
’26	(53)	—	—	—	—
’26	(68)	66	(29)	81	50
’25	(144)	47	(42)	53	(85)
’24	(123)	72	(36)	82	(5)
’23	(29)	38	(32)	114	92
’22	(17)	42	(16)	(7)	1
’21	(53)	145	(50)	(8)	33

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Year
’26	(56)	—	—	—	—
’26	(71)	62	(33)	76	34
’25	(147)	44	(45)	50	(98)
’24	(127)	68	(39)	79	(19)
’23	(37)	29	(37)	111	67
’22	(29)	32	(29)	(7)	(32)
’21	(60)	135	(60)	(10)	5

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Jul	Oct	Jan	Apr	Year
’26	(0.37)	—	—	—	—
’26	(0.54)	0.72	0.19	0.10	0.49
’25	(7.36)	1.87	0.59	(0.69)	(2.50)
’24	(96.00)	9.11	(18.00)	(10.24)	(23.75)
’23	(101.00)	42.00	(48.00)	(88.00)	(194.00)
’22	(86.00)	41.00	(71.00)	(21.00)	(133.00)
’21	(96.00)	15.00	(96.00)	(86.00)	(265.00)

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	499.00	358.00	282.00	111.00	448.00	138.00	75.00	6.05	5.90	7.26	Analyst estimates 2027–2029 Powerpack
	High	1,225.00	869.00	778.30	584.00	1,200.90	745.00	252.00	226.00	12.21	14.75
People
People	Employees	6,700	6,600	6,000	5,500	4,095	4,600	4,620	3,750	3,559	3,613
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.28	0.33	0.34	0.34	0.34	0.33	0.33	0.42	0.45	0.47
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	1,874	2,204	2,035	1,851	1,407	1,496	1,543	1,567	1,610	1,715
	Gross margin, %	24.49	25.29	25.94	23.91	16.38	22.92	22.64	22.01	20.98	21.35
	EBT	10	(273)	(37)	(50)	(177)	(71)	(89)	(74)	(62)	21
	EBT margin, %	0.54	(12.39)	(1.84)	(2.71)	(12.57)	(4.73)	(5.78)	(4.73)	(3.82)	1.21
	Net income	5	(253)	(24)	(38)	(140)	(69)	(102)	(76)	(66)	17
	Depreciation	54	67	69	67	47	44	45	54	43	36
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	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
	Earnings	12.00	(540.00)	(52.00)	(80.00)	(265.00)	(133.00)	(194.00)	(23.75)	(2.50)	0.49
	Cash flow	146.77	128.40	257.43	(18.07)	66.23	2.24	34.75	(1.92)	(3.25)	1.46
	Capex	(74.85)	(91.55)	(98.12)	(75.38)	(55.49)	(64.88)	(9.51)	(5.28)	(0.49)	(0.47)
	Free cash flow	71.93	36.85	159.31	(93.46)	10.74	(62.64)	25.24	(7.21)	(3.74)	0.99
	Book value	1,540.82	1,000.78	952.50	870.13	589.92	440.88	49.56	30.20	10.35	8.58
	Shares, m	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	26	34
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	94.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.54
	P/S	0.26	0.15	0.10	0.05	0.28	0.11	0.26	0.03	0.17	0.20
	P/B	0.67	0.72	0.45	0.21	1.34	0.70	3.05	0.67	1.02	1.15
	EV/Sales	0.33	0.23	0.16	0.14	0.40	0.25	0.43	0.30	0.37	0.36
	EV/FCF	18.60	29.97	4.28	(5.63)	105.45	(11.59)	10.01	(24.18)	(6.05)	18.46
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	68	60	122	(9)	33	1	92	(5)	(85)	50
	Capex	(35)	(43)	(46)	(36)	(28)	(34)	(25)	(14)	(13)	(16)
	Free cash flow	33	17	75	(45)	5	(32)	67	(19)	(98)	34
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	189	206	183	178	127	116	75	46	186	201
	Total debt	160	196	134	175	178	226	182	196	103	71
	Net debt	141	180	119	166	170	217	168	186	94	63
	Shareholders’ equity	714	468	451	418	293	228	131	80	272	294
Returns, %
Returns, %	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
	ROE	0.75	(42.75)	(5.31)	(8.81)	(39.34)	(26.41)	(56.73)	(71.75)	(37.34)	5.96

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Apr 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

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