At the time of writing, Barnes & Noble Education Inc [BNED] stock is trading at $9.43, up 4.55%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The BNED shares have gain 6.55% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.91%, and 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 a Buy rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Barnes & Noble Education Inc fluctuated between $5.90 and $12.21. 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 $9.43 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -74.76% based on the average BNED price forecast.
Analyzing the BNED fundamentals
According to Barnes & Noble Education Inc [NYSE:BNED], the company’s sales were 1.68B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 7.02% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.22% with Operating Profit Margin at -33.99%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is -58.55. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.04.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Barnes & Noble Education Inc [NYSE:BNED] has a current ratio of 1.41. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.70, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.03. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.19, the price to book ratio is 1.13.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved SHAR JONATHAN, Officer, that happened on Jun 17 ’25 when 80.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Snagusky Jason completed a deal on Jun 17 ’25 to buy 10.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director TORO 18 HOLDINGS LLC bought 0.14 million shares on Mar 13 ’25.
