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Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED) stock score

Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail · United States

$12.51 ▲ +4.77% today

90.9
Dad Score, out of 100
strong

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED) is a Specialty Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 90.9 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a strong reading that places the business ahead of 91% of the 5,773 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Consumer Cyclical it ranks #40 of 529. Its strongest axes are valuation, quality and growth; its weakest are liquidity and macro.

Scores from the run of Oct 11, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Above average
Quality
Strong
Growth
Above average
Price action
Strong
Risk
Above average
Conviction
Average
Liquidity
Below average
Macro
Weak

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)19.5×
P/E (forward)12.4×
Dividend yield0.67%
Return on capital7.2%
Operating margin-5.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.5%
FCF yield6.8%
Net debt / EBITDA3.58×
Piotroski F-Score8 / 9
52-week change+30.6%
Market cap$434M
Next earnings—

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Specialty Retail peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
ATD.TOAlimentation Couche-Tard Inc.80.4good$71.3B
WSMWilliams-Sonoma, Inc.62.2middling$28.5B
ULTAUlta Beauty, Inc.86.1strong$24.4B
CASYCasey's General Stores, Inc.75.7good$23.9B
BBYBest Buy Co., Inc.55.4middling$18.2B
TSCOTractor Supply Company76.0good$17.6B
DKSDICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.96.3strong$13.5B
GMEGameStop Corp.75.8good$13.4B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 11, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.