Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) closed at $12.67 on October 30, 2026, down 0.4% from the previous close, on volume of 251,611 shares (30-day average 211,910).
Data as of October 30, 2026.
Globe Newswire (Thu, 8-Oct 4:15 PM ET)
Barnes & Noble Education Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
Globe Newswire (Thu, 24-Sep 4:10 PM ET)
Globe Newswire (Tue, 22-Sep 10:00 AM ET)
Barnes & Noble Education Reports Fiscal 2027 First Quarter Financial Results
Globe Newswire (Tue, 8-Sep 4:05 PM ET)
Globe Newswire (Tue, 18-Aug 8:15 AM ET)
BNED Reports 24% Enrollment Growth and $91.8M Debt Reduction: Financial Turnaround Gains Momentum
Market Chameleon (Tue, 25-Nov 4:53 AM ET)
BNED Slashes Net Debt by 48% and Boosts Enrollment—Can Fiscal Discipline Fuel Sustained Growth?
Market Chameleon (Tue, 25-Nov 4:00 AM ET)
Barnes & Noble Education Inc is contract operators of physical and virtual bookstores for college and university campuses and K-12 institutions across the United States. The company is also one of the textbook wholesalers and inventory management hardware and software providers The company operates physical and virtual bookstores that delivers essential educational content and general merchandise within a dynamic omnichannel retail environment. The Company currently operates as a single operating and reporting segment. The company's solutions are Academic Solutions, College Retail Solutions, College Insights, Wholesale & Store Technology Services.
Barnes & Noble Education trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol BNED.
As of October 30, 2026, BNED stock price declined to $12.67 with 251,611 million shares trading.
BNED has a beta of 2.04, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. BNED has a correlation of 0.13 to the broad based SPY ETF.
BNED has a market cap of $438.93 million. This is considered a Small Cap stock.
Last quarter Barnes & Noble Education reported $291 million in Revenue and -$.37 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-91 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.13.
In the last 3 years, BNED traded as high as $226.00 and as low as $5.90.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that BNED belongs to (by Net Assets): AVUV, VTI, IWM, VXF, MGMT.
BNED has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +41.3%, while the SPY ETF gained +11.0%. However, in the most recent history, BNED shares have underperformed the stock market with its stock returning +1.5% in the last 3 month period and -3.7% for the last 2 week period, while SPY has returned +3.9% and -2.1%, respectively.
BNED support price is $12.36 and resistance is $13.08 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that BNED shares will trade within this expected range on the day.