A History of Outperforming Analyst Forecasts and Beating the Odds: Barnes & Noble Education Inc (BNED)

With 0.36 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.32 million shares. During the session, the Specialty Retail company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $12.21 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $11.55. The 52-week range on BNED shows that it touched its highest point at $14.40 and its lowest point at $6.05 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $75.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.84.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of BNED was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.91%, but this was up by 14.69% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 14.47% while six-month performance rose 7.31%. The stock gained 21.31% in the past year, while it has gained 87.38% so far this year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 34.05 million BNED shares are outstanding with a float of 8.90 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-05-30, short shares totaled 0.98 million, which was 288.00001 higher than short shares on 1745971200. In addition to Mr. Jonathan Shar as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Jason Snagusky serves as its Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.73938006 of BNED’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-01-25, BNED reported revenue of $466325000.0 and operating income of $17004000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $24818000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.23.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BNED since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$70 being high and -$70 being low. For BNED, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$70.

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