Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
Below average. Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. scores higher than 40% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and the balance sheet, held back by return on capital and return on new capital.
Consumer Cyclical median 65 · all companies 54
The biggest move was up 31 points from 2024 to today, mostly valuation.
26% of the score, 30% here after data gaps
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. is valued at 12.4x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps
Over 7 years the business earned -7.8% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
16% of the score, 18% here after data gaps
No operating profit over the period, so nothing was earned to reinvest.
14% of the score, 16% here after data gaps
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Taken out: its 12% is shared by the others
Margins have been too thin to measure a cycle against.
8% of the score, 9% here after data gaps
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. For BNED, cycle position could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-08-01, latest annual report FY2026.