Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. has grown revenue 3.4% a year over three years and 3.7% a year over five. Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate: +3.4% (Specialty Retail median +4.5%). Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +3.7%, growth has slowed since the five-year average. Years of annual history on file: 13, FY2014 to FY2026, as filed.

BNEDBarnes & Noble Education, Inc.

Consumer Cyclical

$11.93+27% 1Y

$11.93

$6.1252 weeks$13.74

Is it growing?

Mixed

Neither accelerating nor breaking down: operating margin widening (+1.3 points), but earnings down −36% year on year.

1 good, 1 to watch, 1 neutral

Revenue trend+5% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month revenue vs a year earlier, from the company's own filings. Five-year pace: +4% a year.

Earnings trend−36% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month earnings per share against a year earlier. Growing slower than revenue, so the growth is costing something.

Margin direction+1.3 points operating

Trailing-twelve-month operating margin, 1.2% now against -0.0% a year earlier.

All from SEC EDGAR, as of Aug 1, 2026.

Where this answer is blind. These are trailing numbers from the filings, not forecasts: an acquisition or a one-off year can flatter them, so check the quarters.

Is BNED growing?

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. has grown revenue 3.4% a year over three years and 3.7% a year over five.

+3.4%

Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate · Specialty Retail median +4.5% · growing slowly · compounded from trailing twelve-month revenue

Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +3.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year rate · +3.4% over three · growth has slowed since the five-year average
Years of annual history on file: 13
Years of annual history on file · FY2014 to FY2026, as filed

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