BNED 📈 Barnes & Noble Education - Overview

Exchange: NYSE • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US06777U1016

BNED: Textbooks, Apparel, Technology, Supplies, Convenience Items

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. operates bookstores for college and university campuses, and K-12 institutions primarily in the United States. It operates in two segments, Retail and Wholesale. The company sells and rents new and used print textbooks, digital textbooks, and publisher hosted digital courseware through physical and virtual bookstores, as well as directly to students through Textbooks.com. In addition, it offers First Day and First Day Complete access programs; and general merchandise, including collegiate and athletic apparel, school spirit products, lifestyle and wellness products, technology products, supplies, graduation products, and convenience items. Further, the company sources, sells, and distributes new and used textbooks; and sells hardware and a software suite of applications that provides inventory management and point-of-sale solutions to college bookstores. Additionally, it offers direct-to-student services. The company operates physical college and university bookstores; virtual bookstores; True Spirit e-commerce websites; pop-up retail locations; customized cafés and stand-alone convenience stores; and a media channel for brands targeting the college demographic. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Web URL: https://www.bned.com

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BNED Stock Overview

Market Cap in USD 287m
Sector Consumer Cyclical
Industry Specialty Retail
GiC Sub-Industry Other Specialty Retail
IPO / Inception 2015-08-03

BNED Stock Ratings

Growth 5y -87.8%
Fundamental -56.4%
Dividend -
Rel. Strength Industry -413
Analysts 3/5
Fair Price Momentum 6.72 USD
Fair Price DCF -

BNED Dividends

No Dividends Paid

BNED Growth Ratios

Growth Correlation 3m 78.5%
Growth Correlation 12m -76.6%
Growth Correlation 5y -70.9%
CAGR 5y -52.57%
CAGR/Mean DD 5y -0.85
Sharpe Ratio 12m 0.18
Alpha -140.88
Beta 2.10
Volatility 119.12%
Current Volume 1550.5k
Average Volume 20d 637.4k
What is the price of BNED stocks?
As of December 22, 2024, the stock is trading at USD 9.94 with a total of 1,550,513 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -25.15%, over one month by +1.95%, over three months by +1.53% and over the past year by -91.98%.
Is Barnes & Noble Education a good stock to buy?
No, based on ValueRay Fundamental Analyses, Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) is currently (December 2024) a stock to sell. It has a ValueRay Fundamental Rating of -56.38 and therefor a negative outlook according to the companies health.
Based on ValueRays Analyses, Dividends and Discounted-Cash-Flow, the Fair Value of BNED as of December 2024 is 6.72. This means that BNED is currently overvalued and has a potential downside of -32.39%.
Is BNED a buy, sell or hold?
Barnes & Noble Education has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.00. Therefor, it is recommend to hold BNED.
  • Strong Buy: 0
  • Buy: 0
  • Hold: 1
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong Sell: 0
What are the forecast for BNED stock price target?
According to ValueRays Forecast Model, BNED Barnes & Noble Education will be worth about 7.3 in December 2025. The stock is currently trading at 9.94. This means that the stock has a potential downside of -26.66%.
Issuer Forecast Upside
Wallstreet Target Price 0.8 -92.5%
Analysts Target Price 3.5 -64.8%
ValueRay Target Price 7.3 -26.7%