Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED) is a Specialty Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, currently trading at $10.15. It has a SharesGrow Score of 29/100, indicating a weak investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of BNED = $143.00 (+1308.9% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is BNED = $2 (-76.6% upside).
Valuation: BNED trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -33.6 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 2.18.
Financials: revenue is $1.6B, +1.4%/yr average growth. Net income is $66M (loss), growing at +10.4%/yr. Net profit margin is -4.1% (negative). Gross margin is 21% (-1.6 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $283M against $272M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 1.04, moderate). Current ratio is 1.67 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 35.8%. Total assets: $790M.
Analyst outlook: 0 / 3 analysts rate BNED as buy (0%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 26/100 (Fail), Growth 63/100 (Pass), Past 0/100 (Fail), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 37/100 (Fail), Future 16/100 (Fail), Income 10/100 (Fail).
