What is Barnes & Noble Education's impairment charges?

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) reported impairment charges of $456K in Q4 2025.

How has Barnes & Noble Education's impairment charges changed year-over-year?

Barnes & Noble Education's impairment charges decreased by 73.4% year-over-year, from $1.71M to $456K.

What does impairment charges mean?

Write-downs of long-lived assets (excluding goodwill) when their carrying value exceeds fair value, including property, equipment, right-of-use assets, and other tangible assets.

Barnes & Noble Education BNED Impairment Charges

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$515.1M+11.3%

Gross profit$96.1M+2.5%

Operating income$14.6M-22.7%

Net income$6.7M-62.9%

EPS (diluted)$0.19-67.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$10.1M-39.4%

Total debt$316.0M-13.2%

Total equity$290.0M-1.0%

Total assets$1.1B+3.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$29.4M+29.9%

CapEx$3.7M+34.6%

Free cash flow-$33.1M+25.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$460.6M+21.9%

Enterprise value$766.47M+17.5%

P/S0.3×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin20.3%-0.3pp

Operating margin-0.3%-0.1pp

Net margin-0.6%-0.3pp

FCF margin-1.6%-0.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-3.3%-1.6pp

Debt / equity1.1×-0.2×

Current ratio1.4×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Barnes & Noble Education in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:AssetImpairmentCharges.

The official record: Barnes & Noble Education’s 10-Q, filed March 10, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Barnes & Noble Education's impairment charges?: Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) reported impairment charges of $456K in Q4 2025.
How has Barnes & Noble Education's impairment charges changed year-over-year?: Barnes & Noble Education's impairment charges decreased by 73.4% year-over-year, from $1.71M to $456K.
What does impairment charges mean?: Write-downs of long-lived assets (excluding goodwill) when their carrying value exceeds fair value, including property, equipment, right-of-use assets, and other tangible assets.