For the twelve months ended Aug 1, 2026, Barnes & Noble Education Inc reported $1.72B of revenue and $22.23M of net income.
BNED revenue was $290.60M in fiscal Q1 2027 (ended Aug 1, 2026), up 0.8% from a year earlier and up 8.8% from the prior quarter. For the full fiscal 2026 it was $1.71B, up 6.5% from fiscal 2025. Compound annual growth was +4.0% over 5 years and -0.5% over 10 years. It rose in 7 of the last 10 fiscal years.
BNED net income was -$12.91M in fiscal Q1 2027 (ended Aug 1, 2026), compared with -$18.27M a year earlier. For the full fiscal 2026 it was $16.87M, compared with -$65.83M in fiscal 2025. Compound annual growth was +69.9% over 10 years.
BNED diluted EPS was -$0.37 in fiscal Q1 2027 (ended Aug 1, 2026), compared with -$0.54 a year earlier. For the full fiscal 2026 it was $0.49, compared with -$2.50 in fiscal 2025.
BNED free cash flow was -$56.40M in fiscal Q1 2027 (ended Aug 1, 2026), compared with -$71.34M a year earlier. For the full fiscal 2026 it was $33.86M, compared with -$98.31M in fiscal 2025. Compound annual growth was +44.7% over 5 years and +0.5% over 10 years.
| Line item | May 2, 2026 | May 3, 2025 | Apr 27, 2024 | Apr 29, 2023 | Apr 30, 2022 | May 1, 2021 | May 2, 2020 | Apr 27, 2019 | Apr 28, 2018 | Apr 29, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.71B | $1.61B | $1.57B | $1.54B | $1.50B | $1.41B | $1.85B | $2.03B | $2.20B | $1.87B |
| Cost of revenue | $1.35B | $1.27B | $1.22B | $1.19B | $1.15B | $1.18B | $1.41B | $1.51B | $1.65B | $1.42B |
| Gross profit | $366.17M | $337.80M | $344.91M | $349.44M | $342.83M | $230.34M | $442.55M | $527.73M | $557.23M | $459.06M |
| Selling, general and admin | $288.57M | $283.80M | $311.57M | $357.61M | $353.97M | $316.16M | $404.47M | $423.88M | $433.75M | $380.79M |
| Operating income | $36.54M | $15.92M | -$33.80M | -$66.45M | -$60.62M | -$168.76M | -$42.78M | -$27.65M | -$262.70M | $13.55M |
| Pre-tax income | $20.67M | -$61.57M | -$74.16M | -$89.13M | -$70.71M | -$176.85M | -$50.23M | -$37.43M | -$273.01M | $10.09M |
| Income tax | $3.80M | $4.26M | $858.0K | $1.01M | -$9.15M | -$7.16M | -$11.98M | -$13.06M | -$20.44M | $4.73M |
| Net income | $16.87M | -$65.83M | -$75.75M | -$101.86M | -$68.86M | -$139.81M | -$38.25M | -$24.37M | -$252.57M | $5.36M |
| EPS, basic | $0.49 | -$2.50 | -$28.46 | -$38.61 | -$26.33 | -$55.64 | -$15.84 | -$10.30 | -$106.92 | $2.38 |
| EPS, diluted | $0.49 | -$2.50 | -$28.46 | -$38.61 | -$26.33 | -$55.64 | -$15.84 | -$10.30 | -$106.92 | $2.18 |
| Diluted shares | 34.6M | 26.3M | 2.7M | 2.6M | 2.6M | 2.5M | 2.4M | 2.4M | 2.4M | 2.4M |
| Line item | May 2, 2026 | May 3, 2025 | Apr 27, 2024 | Apr 29, 2023 | Apr 30, 2022 | May 1, 2021 | May 2, 2020 | Apr 27, 2019 | Apr 28, 2018 | Apr 29, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $8.42M | $9.06M | $28.57M | $31.99M | $21.04M | $16.82M | $9.01M | $14.77M | $16.87M | $21.70M |
| Receivables | $116.53M | $98.08M | $98.84M | $92.51M | $136.00M | $121.07M | $90.85M | $98.25M | $100.06M | $86.04M |
| Inventory | $298.35M | $299.56M | $344.04M | $322.98M | $293.85M | $281.11M | $428.94M | $420.32M | $443.56M | $434.06M |
| Current assets | $484.46M | $465.38M | $520.81M | $537.00M | $531.71M | $500.83M | $584.92M | $591.36M | $619.37M | $602.63M |
| Goodwill | - | - | - | - | $4.70M | $4.70M | $4.70M | $4.70M | $49.28M | $329.47M |
| Total assets | $739.90M | $790.28M | $909.95M | $980.78M | $1.07B | $1.03B | $1.16B | $946.18M | $1.04B | $1.30B |
| Current liabilities | $283.60M | $279.23M | $474.74M | $462.08M | $415.40M | $373.68M | $406.67M | $408.54M | $413.46M | $413.22M |
| Short-term debt | - | - | $0 | $0 | $40.00M | $50.00M | $75.00M | $100.00M | $100.00M | $100.00M |
| Total debt | $71.00M | $103.10M | $196.34M | $182.15M | $225.70M | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total liabilities | $445.46M | $518.10M | $829.55M | $850.03M | $843.18M | $738.10M | $738.68M | $495.55M | $571.25M | $586.12M |
| Shareholders' equity | $294.44M | $272.19M | $80.40M | $153.11M | $228.37M | $293.01M | $417.75M | $450.63M | $467.96M | $713.71M |
| Line item | May 2, 2026 | May 3, 2025 | Apr 27, 2024 | Apr 29, 2023 | Apr 30, 2022 | May 1, 2021 | May 2, 2020 | Apr 27, 2019 | Apr 28, 2018 | Apr 29, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $50.06M | -$85.41M | -$5.12M | $91.67M | $1.16M | $32.90M | -$8.68M | $121.79M | $60.04M | $67.99M |
| Capital expenditures | $16.20M | $12.89M | $14.07M | $25.09M | $33.61M | $27.56M | $36.19M | $46.42M | $42.81M | $34.67M |
| Free cash flow | $33.86M | -$98.31M | -$19.19M | $66.58M | -$32.45M | $5.33M | -$44.87M | $75.37M | $17.23M | $33.32M |
| Investing cash flow | -$16.20M | -$12.10M | $7.40M | -$31.04M | -$42.66M | -$36.89M | -$37.02M | -$55.62M | -$100.03M | -$224.44M |
| Financing cash flow | -$34.37M | $97.67M | -$5.70M | -$49.67M | $45.72M | $11.80M | $39.94M | -$68.27M | $35.16M | $147.28M |
| Share repurchases | $0 | $5.0K | $176.0K | $864.0K | $2.37M | $894.0K | $1.26M | $1.98M | $1.64M | $9.40M |
| Stock-based compensation | $6.21M | $5.39M | $3.38M | $4.71M | $5.73M | $4.68M | $6.64M | $9.02M | $8.46M | $9.37M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $32.75M | $37.94M | $40.56M | $42.16M | $42.12M | $45.20M | $61.86M | $65.86M | $65.59M | $53.32M |
| Line item | May 2, 2026 | May 3, 2025 | Apr 27, 2024 | Apr 29, 2023 | Apr 30, 2022 | May 1, 2021 | May 2, 2020 | Apr 27, 2019 | Apr 28, 2018 | Apr 29, 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | 6.5% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 3.2% | 6.3% | -24.0% | -9.0% | -7.7% | 17.6% | 3.7% |
| Net income growth, YoY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6282.1% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 21.0% | 22.0% | 22.6% | 22.9% | 16.4% | 23.9% | 25.9% | 25.3% | 24.5% |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 1.0% | -2.2% | -4.3% | -4.1% | -12.0% | -2.3% | -1.4% | -11.9% | 0.7% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | -4.1% | -4.8% | -6.6% | -4.6% | -9.9% | -2.1% | -1.2% | -11.5% | 0.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.0% | -6.1% | -1.2% | 4.3% | -2.2% | 0.4% | -2.4% | 3.7% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Return on equity | 5.7% | -24.2% | -94.2% | -66.5% | -30.2% | -47.7% | -9.2% | -5.4% | -54.0% | 0.8% |
| Return on assets | 2.3% | -8.3% | -8.3% | -10.4% | -6.4% | -13.6% | -3.3% | -2.6% | -24.3% | 0.4% |
| Current ratio | 1.71 | 1.67 | 1.10 | 1.16 | 1.28 | 1.34 | 1.44 | 1.45 | 1.50 | 1.46 |
| Debt to equity | 0.24 | 0.38 | 2.44 | 1.19 | 0.99 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Line item | Aug 1, 2026 | May 2, 2026 | Jan 31, 2026 | Nov 1, 2025 | Aug 2, 2025 | May 3, 2025 | Jan 25, 2025 | Oct 26, 2024 | Jul 27, 2024 | Apr 27, 2024 | Jan 27, 2024 | Oct 28, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $290.60M | $267.10M | $515.09M | $644.41M | $288.16M | $281.79M | $462.82M | $602.12M | $263.43M | $235.92M | $456.67M | $610.38M |
| Cost of revenue | $233.55M | $182.25M | $418.99M | $514.58M | $232.78M | $211.21M | $369.07M | $473.64M | $218.44M | $180.51M | $356.07M | $469.68M |
| Gross profit | $57.05M | $84.86M | $96.10M | $129.84M | $55.38M | $70.58M | $93.75M | $128.48M | $45.00M | $55.41M | $100.60M | $140.70M |
| Selling, general and admin | $67.32M | $70.86M | $72.55M | $77.30M | $67.86M | $72.28M | $71.56M | $72.94M | $67.02M | $68.38M | $79.76M | $85.96M |
| Operating income | -$17.26M | $4.29M | $14.62M | $40.80M | -$23.17M | -$11.42M | $18.92M | $47.15M | -$38.72M | -$31.41M | $1.49M | $40.29M |
| Pre-tax income | -$19.98M | $935.0K | $9.74M | $36.91M | -$26.91M | -$15.52M | $13.83M | $41.68M | -$101.57M | -$42.24M | -$9.13M | $29.62M |
| Income tax | -$7.06M | -$2.55M | $3.08M | $11.91M | -$8.64M | $7.49M | -$4.11M | -$1.48M | $2.36M | -$250.0K | $487.0K | $532.0K |
| Net income | -$12.91M | $3.48M | $6.66M | $25.00M | -$18.27M | -$23.00M | $17.94M | $43.16M | -$103.92M | -$41.92M | -$9.33M | $28.42M |
| EPS, basic | -$0.37 | $0.11 | $0.19 | $0.73 | -$0.54 | -$0.68 | $0.59 | $1.63 | -$7.69 | -$15.69 | -$3.49 | $10.71 |
| EPS, diluted | -$0.37 | $0.12 | $0.19 | $0.72 | -$0.54 | -$0.68 | $0.59 | $1.63 | -$7.69 | -$15.69 | -$3.49 | $10.70 |
| Diluted shares | 34.5M | - | 34.7M | 34.5M | 34.1M | 34.1M | 30.6M | 26.5M | 13.5M | 2.7M | 2.7M | 2.7M |
| Line item | Aug 1, 2026 | May 2, 2026 | Jan 31, 2026 | Nov 1, 2025 | Aug 2, 2025 | May 3, 2025 | Jan 25, 2025 | Oct 26, 2024 | Jul 27, 2024 | Apr 27, 2024 | Jan 27, 2024 | Oct 28, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $7.81M | $8.42M | $10.14M | $11.72M | $7.34M | $9.06M | $9.19M | $11.62M | $8.21M | $28.57M | $8.12M | $15.01M |
| Receivables | $176.69M | $116.53M | $416.43M | $314.96M | $161.97M | $98.08M | $343.52M | $259.77M | $151.98M | $98.84M | $315.34M | $221.81M |
| Inventory | $366.30M | $298.35M | $329.43M | $329.12M | $400.56M | $299.56M | $326.82M | $315.47M | $395.27M | $344.04M | $341.54M | $364.29M |
| Current assets | $593.87M | $484.46M | $825.75M | $743.17M | $621.36M | $465.38M | $749.38M | $665.22M | $592.04M | $520.81M | $761.12M | $713.62M |
| Total assets | $846.73M | $739.90M | $1.13B | $1.06B | $950.83M | $790.28M | $1.09B | $1.03B | $973.19M | $909.95M | $1.16B | $1.14B |
| Current liabilities | $357.10M | $283.60M | $579.81M | $525.41M | $385.67M | $279.23M | $524.17M | $499.45M | $445.79M | $474.74M | $838.55M | $597.75M |
| Short-term debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | $224.07M | $0 |
| Total debt | $123.50M | $71.00M | $138.40M | $122.50M | $71.00M | $103.10M | $141.20M | $177.55M | $103.10M | $196.34M | $30.19M | $233.87M |
| Total liabilities | $568.36M | $445.46M | $840.33M | $780.15M | $694.38M | $518.10M | $800.24M | $816.47M | $823.41M | $829.55M | $1.04B | $1.01B |
| Shareholders' equity | $278.37M | $294.44M | $289.97M | $283.24M | $256.45M | $272.19M | $292.95M | $211.44M | $149.78M | $80.40M | $121.51M | $130.03M |
| Line item | Aug 1, 2026 | May 2, 2026 | Jan 31, 2026 | Nov 1, 2025 | Aug 2, 2025 | May 3, 2025 | Jan 25, 2025 | Oct 26, 2024 | Jul 27, 2024 | Apr 27, 2024 | Jan 27, 2024 | Oct 28, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$52.87M | $80.81M | -$29.39M | $66.24M | -$67.60M | $52.62M | -$41.95M | $47.41M | -$143.50M | $81.75M | -$35.77M | $72.03M |
| Capital expenditures | $3.53M | $4.42M | $3.73M | $4.32M | $3.74M | $3.10M | $2.77M | $3.06M | $3.96M | $2.61M | $3.26M | $3.98M |
| Free cash flow | -$56.40M | $76.39M | -$33.12M | $61.92M | -$71.34M | $49.52M | -$44.72M | $44.35M | -$147.46M | $79.14M | -$39.03M | $68.05M |
| Investing cash flow | -$3.53M | -$4.42M | -$3.73M | -$4.32M | -$3.74M | -$3.10M | -$2.77M | -$2.49M | -$3.74M | -$2.61M | -$3.26M | -$3.98M |
| Financing cash flow | $49.73M | -$66.60M | $15.11M | -$47.88M | $65.00M | -$37.52M | $32.50M | -$37.25M | $139.94M | -$65.59M | $18.72M | -$52.00M |
| Dividends paid | $2.77M | - | - | - | $0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Share repurchases | - | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.0K | $0 | $0 | $4.0K | $0 | $4.0K | $74.0K |
| Stock-based compensation | $1.08M | $1.02M | $874.0K | $1.78M | $2.54M | $2.43M | $2.56M | $1.25M | -$863.0K | $812.0K | $812.0K | $799.0K |
| Depreciation and amortization | $8.15M | $8.52M | $7.43M | $7.63M | $9.19M | $8.50M | $7.83M | $8.54M | $13.07M | $9.98M | $10.15M | $10.18M |
| Line item | Aug 1, 2026 | May 2, 2026 | Jan 31, 2026 | Nov 1, 2025 | Aug 2, 2025 | May 3, 2025 | Jan 25, 2025 | Oct 26, 2024 | Jul 27, 2024 | Apr 27, 2024 | Jan 27, 2024 | Oct 28, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, YoY | 0.8% | -5.2% | 11.3% | 7.0% | 9.4% | 19.4% | 1.3% | -1.4% | -0.3% | -2.4% | 4.3% | 0.0% |
| Net income growth, YoY | - | - | -62.9% | -42.1% | - | - | - | 51.9% | - | - | - | 28.3% |
| EPS growth, YoY | - | - | -67.8% | -55.8% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27.8% |
| Gross margin | 19.6% | 31.8% | 18.7% | 20.1% | 19.2% | 25.0% | 20.3% | 21.3% | 17.1% | 23.5% | 22.0% | 23.1% |
| Operating margin | -5.9% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 6.3% | -8.0% | -4.1% | 4.1% | 7.8% | -14.7% | -13.3% | 0.3% | 6.6% |
| Net margin | -4.4% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 3.9% | -6.3% | -8.2% | 3.9% | 7.2% | -39.5% | -17.8% | -2.0% | 4.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | -19.4% | 28.6% | -6.4% | 9.6% | -24.8% | 17.6% | -9.7% | 7.4% | -56.0% | 33.5% | -8.5% | 11.1% |
| Current ratio | 1.66 | 1.71 | 1.42 | 1.41 | 1.61 | 1.67 | 1.43 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 1.10 | 0.91 | 1.19 |
| Debt to equity | 0.44 | 0.24 | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.48 | 0.84 | 0.69 | 2.44 | 0.25 | 1.80 |
Source: XBRL data Barnes & Noble Education Inc files with the SEC, latest filing dated Sep 8, 2026 (see filings on SEC EDGAR). Provided for information only, not investment advice. Check the filing before relying on a number.
* Worked out from the filings rather than stated in them: Q4 is the full year less the first nine months.
Per-share figures and share counts are restated for stock splits the filings show: 5-for-99, first reported Jul 1, 2024.
EPS growth is left out where the share count moved enough to suggest a split the filings do not show. Growth rates need a positive starting figure. CAGR is compound annual growth between fiscal years. The CSV holds every period on file, in full figures, from the same SEC filings.
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