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BNED Financials Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.

12 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 2.3% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($103M) exceeds cash ($9M); net debt is $94M.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (-23.0% vs 2.3% per year).
  • Total debt is 1.9× EBITDA.
  • The company is unprofitable and has less than a year of cash runway at its current free-cash-flow burn.
Revenue & net income
-$253M $605M $1B $0 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-5% 9% 24% 0% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$98M -$11M $75M $0 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $113M $226M 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$100M $11M $122M $0 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $1.5B -$66M 23.1% 1.1% -$98M $103M $9M
2024 $1.4B -$76M 24.1% -2.4% -$19M $196M $10M
2023 -$102M $67M $182M $14M
2022 -$69M -$32M $226M $9M
2021 -$140M $5M $8M
2020 -$38M -$45M $8M
2019 -$24M $75M $14M
2018 -$253M $17M $16M
2017 $5M $19M
2016 $84000 $29M
2015 $19M $45M
2014 $35M $132M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced BNED against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.2 0.3 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S

Frequently asked questions

Is BNED growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.'s revenue has grown 2.3% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does BNED have?

As of FY2025, Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. reported $103M of total debt against $9M of cash.

What is BNED's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 23.1%, operating margin 1.1%, and net margin -4.5%.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.