Barnes & Noble Education, Inc (BNED): Price and Financial Metrics

BNED POWR Grades

• BNED scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 87.37% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for BNED is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• BNED's current lowest rank is in the Stability metric (where it is better than 4.75% of US stocks).

BNED Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for BNED is 19.04 -- better than 98.33% of US stocks.
• With a price/sales ratio of 0.04, BARNES & NOBLE EDUCATION INC has a higher such ratio than just 0.72% of stocks in our set.
• BNED's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 85.43% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to BNED, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are KSS, CMLS, BCC, BCML, and KINS.
• Visit BNED's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.bned.com.

BNED Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Cyclical stock, BNED's price/sales ratio is 100% lower, now standing at 0.
• BNED's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.3 over the prior 99 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for BNED.

BNED Growth Metrics

Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -56.63%.
• Its 2 year revenue growth rate is now at -17.27%.
• Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at -1.24%.

BNED's revenue has moved down $329,777,000 over the prior 67 months.

The table below shows BNED's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	1,544.585	-12.706	-77.602
2022-06-30	1,554.464	-9.476	-77.218
2022-03-31	1,531.4	2.06	-68.857
2021-12-31	1,493.347	-0.803	-102.98
2021-09-30	1,502.162	-31.119	-114.468
2021-06-30	1,470.67	70.259	-129.481

BNED's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• BNED has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 19.04% of graded US stocks.
• BNED's asset turnover comes in at 1.207 -- ranking 114th of 165 Retail stocks.
• MUSA, SGU, and CASY are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with BNED.

The table below shows BNED's key quality metrics over time.