Northland Securities Forecasts BNED FY2026 Earnings

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (NYSE:BNED) – Equities researchers at Northland Securities issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Barnes & Noble Education in a report issued on Wednesday, June 10th. Northland Securities analyst O. Rickert anticipates that the specialty retailer will post earnings per share of $0.23 for the year. Northland Securities has a “Outperform” rating and a $17.00 price target on the stock. Northland Securities also issued estimates for Barnes & Noble Education’s Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.16) EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at ($0.52) EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.63 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at ($0.11) EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.40 EPS.

Separately, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Barnes & Noble Education in a research report on Friday, April 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Barnes & Noble Education currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $17.00.

Barnes & Noble Education Stock Performance

NYSE BNED opened at $11.70 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $10.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $9.23. Barnes & Noble Education has a 12-month low of $5.90 and a 12-month high of $12.21. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. The company has a market cap of $401.41 million, a P/E ratio of -36.57 and a beta of 1.32.

Institutional Trading of Barnes & Noble Education

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its holdings in Barnes & Noble Education by 261.1% during the 4th quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 3,972 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 2,872 shares during the last quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd boosted its holdings in Barnes & Noble Education by 205.5% during the 4th quarter. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd now owns 4,326 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 2,910 shares during the last quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC boosted its holdings in Barnes & Noble Education by 13.3% during the 4th quarter. Verition Fund Management LLC now owns 30,215 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $278,000 after acquiring an additional 3,550 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Barnes & Noble Education by 10.2% during the 3rd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 51,365 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $511,000 after acquiring an additional 4,770 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its holdings in Barnes & Noble Education by 46.2% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 18,065 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $166,000 after acquiring an additional 5,712 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 38.51% of the company’s stock.

Barnes & Noble Education Company Profile

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (NYSE: BNED) is a leading provider of educational products and services to the higher education community. The company operates retail campus bookstores under Barnes & Noble College, offering course materials, general merchandise, and digital content. In addition, Barnes & Noble Education delivers educational technology solutions through its digital learning platform and supplemental courseware.

Originally part of Barnes & Noble, Inc, the company completed its spin-off and initial public offering in February 2015 to focus exclusively on college retail and digital learning.