BNED
Barnes Noble EducationCNYSE / Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail
Last Price
At close
2026-06-02
Current thesis
BNC First Day continues to scale, driving higher-margin services revenue and improved unit economics; sequential margin recovery and stronger back-to-school contract wins lift multiples toward specialty-retail peers, supporting upside to $15.
Posture
Mixed
Lead driver
Momentum
What changed
Momentum remains the lead driver in the composite, 7D delta +7.2.
What can break
Brick-and-mortar traffic decline and fixed-cost leverage
Momentum
67
Value
49
Sentiment
41
Setup hits (3d)
0 · Net Neutral
AI TargetsBase $10.50 · Bull $15.00 · Bear $5.00
Data freshness
Prices
As of 2026-06-02
Fundamentals
As of 2026-06-01 • Vendor: Data Vendor v1
Scores
As of 2026-06-02 • Model: HYBRID_IC_RP
AI Memo
As of 2026-04-12 • Model: RankAlpha Sentiment AI
Investment thesisAs of 2026-06-02
Investment thesis
As of 2026-06-02
Supporting evidence
What
Grade C · Mixed
Confidence Medium · Net Neutral
Why
Momentum67 · Δ7d +7.2
Value49 · Δ7d -1.1
Sentiment41 · Δ7d -8.5
So what
Balanced signals (Net Neutral). Wait for confirmation before sizing up.
Lead driver: Momentum · See technicals
Momentum
67
34% active weight
Current posture
7d trendImproving
Δ7d
+7.2
Δ21d
-7.3
Value
49
32% active weight
Current posture
7d trendSoftening
Δ7d
-1.1
Δ21d
-0.1
Sentiment
41
33% active weight
Current posture
7d trendSoftening
Δ7d
-8.5
Δ21d
+4.6
Why this grade
Composite grade C. Momentum 67.4 / Value 48.5 / Sentiment 41.1
Fundamentals (TTM)As of 2026-06-01
Fundamentals (TTM)
As of 2026-06-01
Market Cap
$367.65M
Beta
1.47
Shares Out
34.05M
P/E (TTM) · Derived
-4.3
P/S (TTM)
0.17
P/FCF (TTM) · Derived
-3.16
Rev YoY
+18.0%
EPS YoY
+98.7%
Gross Margin
+21.0%
Op Margin
-2.4%
Net Debt
$94.04M
Current Ratio
1.67
As of 2026-06-02 • Updated nightlySource: Internal modelMethodology