Barnes & Noble Education BNED Ratios & Valuation
| TTM Q3 '26 | TTM Q2 '26 | TTM Q1 '26 | TTM Q4 '25 | TTM Q3 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 20.3%-0.3pp | 20.8%-0.3pp | 21.3%-0.5pp | 21%-1.0pp | 20.6%-1.5pp | |
| Net margin | -0.6%+4.9pp | 0.1%+7.3pp | 1.2%+9.3pp | -4.1%+0.7pp | -5.4%-0.3pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | -3.3%+37.6pp | 0.7%+66.3pp | 9.8%+111pp | -37.3%+27.5pp | -40.9%+12.9pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 1%+1.6pp | 1.4%+4.8pp | 4.1%+8.7pp | 1.5%+7.7pp | -0.5%+4.0pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 1.6×+0.2× | 1.6×+0.2× | 1.7×+0.1× | 1.9×+0.2× | 1.4×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.4×0.0× | 1.4×+0.1× | 1.6×+0.3× | 1.7×+0.6× | 1.4×+0.5× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 1.1×-0.2× | 1.1×-0.9× | 1.4×-1.1× | 1×-4.4× | 1.2×-5.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.7×-3.1× | 6×-14.8× | 6.3×— | 6×— | 9.8×— | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $8.37-12.5% | $8.20+3.0% | $7.53-32.1% | $7.99-73.4% | $9.56-79.0% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $460.6M+21.9% | $318.4M+6.7% | $293.88M+67.3% | $376.3M-68.0% | $294.89M-88.3% | |
| Price / sales | 0.3×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×+0.1× | 0.2×-0.5× | 0.2×-1.4× | |
| Price / book | 1.6×+0.2× | 1.1×-0.3× | 1.1×0.0× | 1.4×-13.2× | 1×-19.7× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.9×+2.6× | 12.4×-23.2× | 11.4×— | 14.2×— | 18.2×— |
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- What are Barnes & Noble Education's profit margins?
- Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) runs a 20.3% gross margin and a -0.3% operating margin, with a -0.6% net margin.
- Where do Barnes & Noble Education's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Barnes & Noble Education's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
