A share price of Barnes & Noble Education Inc [BNED] is currently trading at $9.90, up 13.40%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The BNED shares have gain 3.77% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.76%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Barnes & Noble Education Inc [NYSE: BNED] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 10, 2021, when Needham reiterated its Buy rating and also boosted its price target to $9 from $5. Previously, Craig Hallum upgraded its rating to Buy on September 04, 2020, and elevated its price target to $4. On March 16, 2020, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold. Sidoti downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $4 on September 17, 2019. Sidoti upgraded its rating to a Buy. Needham started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on April 08, 2019, and assigned it a price target of $7. In a note dated January 22, 2019, Sidoti upgraded an Buy rating on this stock.
Barnes & Noble Education Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $6.05 and $135.00. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $2.38 within the next 12 months. Barnes & Noble Education Inc [NYSE: BNED] shares were valued at $9.90 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -75.96% based on the average BNED price forecast.
Analyzing the BNED fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Barnes & Noble Education Inc [NYSE:BNED] were 1.57B which represents 2.11% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.22% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.01%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.06, Equity is -0.4 and Total Capital is -0.04. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.79.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 9.06 points at the first support level, and at 8.21 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 10.39, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 10.87.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Barnes & Noble Education Inc [NYSE:BNED] is 1.42. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.73, and the Cash Ratio is 0.02. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.22, the price to book ratio is 1.19.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC, Director, that happened on Mar 13 ’25 when 0.14 million shares were purchased. Director, TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC completed a deal on Mar 12 ’25 to buy 59146.0 shares. Meanwhile, 10% Owner Lids Holdings, Inc. sold 1.5 million shares on Dec 16 ’24.
