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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail

$13.60

Down-$0.02 (-0.15%)

Updated Oct 28, 2026, 10:50 AM

SID Score

6.4/10

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Market cap
311.42M
P/E ratio
-5.15
Dividend yield
1.18%
52-week range
$7.96 – $14.75
Volume
251.9K
Avg. volume
341.71K

Price performance · BNED

BNED price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 27, 2026

BNED closed at $13.60 after 21 trading sessions, up 19.51% for the selected period.

Last close
$13.60
Period change
+19.51%
Period low
$11.38
Period high
$13.95
Daily close
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BNED OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 27, 2026$13.56$13.705$13.40$13.60251.9K
Oct 26, 2026$13.73$13.8599$13.465$13.62193.61K
Oct 23, 2026$13.85$13.93$13.47$13.57267.92K
Oct 22, 2026$13.62$13.98$13.62$13.95319.94K
Oct 21, 2026$13.41$13.78$13.15$13.75282.97K
Oct 20, 2026$13.00$13.49$13.00$13.48244.55K
Oct 19, 2026$12.90$13.0204$12.75$12.90130.26K
Oct 16, 2026$13.18$13.245$12.74$12.95219.25K
Oct 15, 2026$12.68$13.185$12.60$13.15319.38K
Oct 14, 2026$12.12$12.56$12.00$12.52220.42K
Oct 13, 2026$12.56$12.65$12.2201$12.28250.53K
Oct 12, 2026$12.50$12.60$12.30$12.42334.45K
Oct 9, 2026$12.00$12.5579$11.99$12.51202.05K
Oct 8, 2026$11.68$11.94$11.53$11.94286.83K
Oct 7, 2026$11.54$11.68$11.40$11.66338.27K
Oct 6, 2026$11.54$11.73$11.535$11.64206.75K
Oct 5, 2026$11.60$11.70$11.44$11.54147.87K
Oct 2, 2026$11.78$11.91$11.68$11.71112.38K
Oct 1, 2026$11.64$11.93$11.62$11.68177.37K
Sep 30, 2026$11.45$11.70$11.44$11.59163.47K
Sep 29, 2026$11.35$11.49$11.225$11.38163.25K

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Overview

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Company profile

Barnes & Noble Education Inc is an operator of bookstores in college and university campuses across the United States. The company is also engaged in providing digital education services. It operates in three reportable segments that include Retail offers existing and prospective clients the flexibility of physical, virtual, or custom store solutions, and wholesale is comprised of the wholesale and virtual retail fulfillment, and support operations of the MBS subsidiary, also Corporate Services represent unallocated shared-service costs which include corporate level expenses and other governance functions, including executive functions, such as accounting, legal, treasury, information technology, and human resources. It earns majority of the revenue from Retail segment.

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Average target
$2.38
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BNED recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Sep 9, 2026NeedhamBuy—
Jun 26, 2026NeedhamBuy—
Jun 10, 2026Northland Capital MarketsOutperform—
May 24, 2024NeedhamHold—
Apr 17, 2024NeedhamHold—
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businesswire.com · Dec 4, 2025

BNED Investigation: Investors Encouraged to Contact Kirby McInerney LLP

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The law firm of Kirby McInerney LLP reminds investors its investigation on behalf of Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (“Barnes & Noble” or the “Company”) (NYSE:BNED) investors concerning the Company's and/or members of its senior management's possible violation of the federal securities laws or other unlawful business practices. [LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION] What Happened? On July 18, 2025, Barnes & Noble disclosed that “[c]ertain information regardin.

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