Consumer Cyclical
Live Price
Offline$13.74
+2.31% today
1Y Change
+16.74%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (BNED) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $350.00M. The stock last traded around $13.74 and up 16.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.7%, EPS growth of +89.3%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.7%, EPS +89.3%, free cash flow -412.2% with operating margin 3.6% and ROIC 8.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.2. Stock Foundry combines BNED price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
BNED is 1.25 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
BNED had 39.74 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
BNED beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
BNED
+16.74%
Normalized return
SPY
+17.99%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-1.25 pts
Relative to SPY
BNED Max Drawdown
-48.87%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for BNED and SPY.
| Year | BNED | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +59.58% | +6.71% | +52.87 pts | BNED |
| 2025 | -20.48% | +11.19% | -31.67 pts | SPY |
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