balance equationreview2023-04-29
Difference 22359000 exceeds tolerance 1000000. Presentation or filing-vintage differences need review.
Revenue
$1.71B
Fiscal year ended 2026-05-02Operating income
$36.54M
Fiscal year ended 2026-05-02Free cash flow
$33.86M
Fiscal year ended 2026-05-02Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED) reported revenue of $1.71B and net income of $16.87M for the fiscal year ended 2026-05-02. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores.
Income
| Metric | 2026-05-02 | 2025-05-03 | 2024-04-27 | 2023-04-29 | 2022-04-30 | 2021-05-01 | 2020-05-02 | 2019-04-27 | 2018-04-28 | 2017-04-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Operating income | $36.54M | $15.92M | -$33.80M | -$66.45M | -$60.62M | -$168.76M | -$42.78M | -$27.65M | -$262.70M | $13.56M |
| Net income | $16.87M | -$65.82M | -$75.75M | -$101.86M | -$68.86M | -$139.81M | -$38.25M | -$24.37M | -$252.57M | $5.36M |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 34.61M | shares 26.30M | shares 2.66M | shares 2.64M | shares 51.80M | shares 49.67M | shares 48.01M | shares 47.31M | shares 46.76M | shares 46.76M |
| Pretax income | $20.67M | -$61.57M | -$74.16M | -$89.13M | -$70.71M | -$176.85M | -$50.23M | -$37.43M | -$273.01M | $10.09M |
| Income tax expense | $3.80M | $4.26M | $858.00K | $1.01M | -$9.15M | -$7.16M | -$11.98M | -$13.06M | -$20.44M | $4.73M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.49 | $-2.50 | $-28.46 | $-38.61 | $-1.33 | $-2.81 | $-0.80 | $-0.52 | $-5.40 | $0.11 |
| Selling, general & administrative | $288.57M | $283.80M | $311.57M | $357.61M | $353.97M | $316.16M | $404.47M | $423.88M | $433.75M | $380.79M |
| General & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2026-05-02 | 2025-05-03 | 2024-04-27 | 2023-04-29 | 2022-04-30 | 2021-05-01 | 2020-05-02 | 2019-04-27 | 2018-04-28 | 2017-04-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $8.42M | $9.06M | $10.46M | $14.22M | $8.80M | $8.02M | $8.24M | $14.01M | $16.13M | $19.00M |
| Total assets | $739.90M | $790.28M | $909.95M | $980.78M | $1.07B | $1.03B | $1.16B | $946.18M | $1.04B | $1.30B |
| Current assets | $484.46M | $465.38M | $520.81M | $537.00M | $531.70M | $500.83M | $584.92M | $591.36M | $619.37M | $602.63M |
| Total liabilities | $445.46M | $518.10M | $829.55M | $850.03M | $843.18M | $738.10M | $738.68M | $495.55M | $571.25M | $586.12M |
| Current liabilities | $283.60M | $279.22M | $474.74M | $462.08M | $415.40M | $373.68M | $406.67M | $408.54M | $413.46M | $413.22M |
| Total equity incl. NCI | $294.44M | $272.19M | $80.40M | $153.11M | $228.37M | $293.01M | $417.75M | $450.63M | $467.96M | $713.71M |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Inventory | $298.35M | $299.56M | $344.04M | $322.98M | $293.85M | $281.11M | $428.94M | $420.32M | $443.56M | $434.06M |
| Accounts receivable | $116.53M | $98.08M | $98.84M | $92.51M | $136.00M | $121.07M | $90.85M | $98.25M | $100.06M | $86.04M |
| Goodwill | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | $4.70M | $4.70M | $4.70M | $4.70M | $49.28M | $329.47M |
| Long-term debt | $71.00M | $103.10M | $196.34M | $182.15M | $185.70M | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Accounts payable | $135.56M | $148.85M | $299.16M | $267.92M | $182.62M | $137.58M | $143.68M | $186.82M | $187.91M | $192.74M |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2026-05-02 | 2025-05-03 | 2024-04-27 | 2023-04-29 | 2022-04-30 | 2021-05-01 | 2020-05-02 | 2019-04-27 | 2018-04-28 | 2017-04-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $50.06M | -$85.41M | -$5.12M | $91.67M | $1.16M | $32.90M | -$8.68M | $121.79M | $60.04M | Unavailable |
| Capital expenditures | $16.20M | $12.89M | $14.07M | $25.09M | $33.61M | $27.56M | $36.19M | $46.42M | $42.81M | $34.67M |
| Investing cash flow | -$16.20M | -$12.10M | $7.40M | -$31.04M | -$42.66M | -$36.89M | -$37.02M | -$55.62M | -$100.03M | Unavailable |
| Financing cash flow | -$34.36M | $97.67M | -$5.70M | -$49.68M | $45.72M | $11.80M | $39.94M | -$68.27M | $35.16M | Unavailable |
| Net change in cash | -$504.00K | $153.00K | -$3.42M | $10.95M | $4.22M | $7.81M | -$5.76M | -$2.10M | -$4.83M | -$9.17M |
| Stock-based compensation | $6.21M | $5.39M | $3.38M | $4.72M | $5.73M | $4.68M | $6.64M | $9.02M | $8.46M | $9.37M |
| Common dividends paid | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Common share repurchases | $0 | $5.00K | $176.00K | $864.00K | $2.37M | $894.00K | $1.26M | $1.98M | $1.64M | $9.40M |
| Depreciation & amortization | $32.75M | $37.94M | $40.56M | $42.16M | $42.12M | $45.20M | $61.86M | $65.86M | $65.59M | $53.32M |
Derived
| Metric | 2026-05-02 | 2025-05-03 | 2024-04-27 | 2023-04-29 | 2022-04-30 | 2021-05-01 | 2020-05-02 | 2019-04-27 | 2018-04-28 | 2017-04-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow | $33.86M | -$98.31M | -$19.19M | $66.58M | -$32.45M | $5.33M | -$44.87M | $75.37M | $17.23M | Unavailable |
| 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% |
| FCF margin | 2.0% | -6.1% | -1.2% | 4.3% | -2.2% | 0.4% | -2.4% | 3.7% | 0.8% | Unavailable |
| SBC / revenue | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Current ratio | 1.71x | 1.67x | 1.10x | 1.16x | 1.28x | 1.34x | 1.44x | 1.45x | 1.50x | 1.46x |
| Revenue YoY growth | 6.5% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 3.2% | 6.3% | -24.0% | -9.0% | -7.7% | 17.6% | Unavailable |
| Net margin | 1.0% | -4.1% | -4.8% | -6.6% | -4.6% | -9.9% | -2.1% | -1.2% | -11.5% | 0.3% |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.8% |
| Long-term debt / equity | 0.24x | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | 18.4% | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 46.9% |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open BNED in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
10-Q · Filed 2026-09-08View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-07-09View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-03-10View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-01-20View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-01-20View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2025-12-23View SEC filing
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