BNED vs EYE vs GME Stock Comparison

Barnes & Noble Education, National Vision Holdings and GameStop Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GME GameStop Corp.
$23.33 -2.8% 1M +0.1% 1Y
Market cap
$10.77B
P/E
12.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.55B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Retail Consumer Discretionary
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

GameStop leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (GameStop 8, Barnes & Noble Education 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBNEDEYEGMELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $435.96M $1.31B $10.77B GME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.6x 47.2x 12.1x GME
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.0x 14.4x 12.3x GME
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.0% +4.8% -7.7% BNED
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 1.3% 1.4% 25.2% GME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.9% 3.5% 3.9% BNED
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 1.3x -1.8x GME
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +39.5% -42.1% +0.1% BNED
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -58.4%/yr -24.2%/yr -12.7%/yr GME
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 63.2% 52.2% 39.2% GME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 54/100 62/100 GME

Percentile Scorecard

BNEDEYEGME

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBNEDEYEGME
Valuation 79 #23 of 104 40 #63 of 104 57 #45 of 104
Growth 90 #11 of 98 91 #10 of 98 87 #14 of 98
Profitability 53 #46 of 96 43 #55 of 96 67 #32 of 96
Financial Health 48 #58 of 110 40 #66 of 110 77 #26 of 110
Shareholder Returns 24 #54 of 71 – 20 #57 of 71
Overall 59 54 62
  • BNED ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • EYE ranked among 115 companies in Retail
  • GME ranked among 115 companies in Retail

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBNEDEYEGMESPY
1 month +15.9%-4.1%-2.8% +0.9%
3 months +2.9%-29.6%+6.8% +5.9%
6 months +32.5%-31.0%-4.9% +8.5%
Year to date +40.6%-40.1%+16.2% +13.3%
1 year +39.5%-42.1%+0.1% +12.4%
3 years -86.7%-1.0%+77.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year -49.0%-0.3%+21.2% +23.5%
5 years -98.8%-74.9%-49.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year -58.4%-24.2%-12.7% +11.0%
10 years -98.6%—+290.5% +263.4%
10 years, per year -34.8%—+14.6% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBNEDEYEGMESPY
Volatility, 1Y 63.2%52.2%39.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.8%60.3%40.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.550.940.53 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.62-0.810.00 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.4%-85.1%-83.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.3%-47.5%-16.8% -0.9%
52-week high $13.94$29.46$28.03 $779.14
52-week low $6.12$15.44$17.87 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBNEDEYEGME
P/E now vs peer median 20.1xmedian 16.7x 44.2xmedian 16.7x 11.7xmedian 16.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.4x 0.6xmedian 0.4x 3.0xmedian 0.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 9.2x 9.3xmedian 9.2x 19.4xmedian 9.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9.2xmedian 16.0x —median 16.0x 15.2xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.6x 1.4xmedian 1.6x 1.7xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.62median 0.73 37.81median 0.73 0.13median 0.73

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBNEDEYEGME
Revenue $1.72B $1.98B $3.55B
Gross profit $367.84M $1.15B $1.35B
Operating income $42.45M $53.99M $480.00M
Net income $22.23M $27.83M $893.30M
Free cash flow $48.80M – $688.00M
EPS (diluted) $0.64 $0.35 $1.51
Cash & equivalents $7.81M $36.00M $4.85B
Total debt $123.50M $237.74M $4.17B
Shares (diluted) 34.53M 80.60M 592.60M
Enterprise value $397.88M $1.14B -$20.51B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBNEDEYEGME
P/E 20.1x 44.2x 11.7x
P/FCF 9.2x – 15.2x
P/Operating cash flow 6.9x – 14.9x
P/S 0.3x 0.6x 3.0x
P/B 1.6x 1.4x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 1.9x 1.8x
EV/EBITDA 7.2x 9.3x 19.4x
EV/EBIT 13.3x 26.4x 20.0x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 0.7x 2.7x
EV/FCF 11.6x – 13.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.7x – 13.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.62 37.81 0.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBNEDEYEGME
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.0% 4.8% -7.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.4% 9.5% -15.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.6% 4.4% 16.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.5% 7.0% -1.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 34.9% 558.9% 370.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 38.4% 21.1% 80.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 12.1% 296.7% 146.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 30.4% 2.1% 122.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 10.6% 295.4% 127.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 32.6% 1.2% 87.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 781.0% – 41.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 84.2% – 32.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 320.0% – 42.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 49.1% – 38.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBNEDEYEGME
Gross margin 21.4% 58.4% 37.9%
EBITDA margin 4.5% 7.7% 13.9%
Operating margin 2.5% 2.7% 13.5%
Pretax margin 1.6% 1.9% 30.6%
Net margin 1.3% 1.4% 25.2%
FCF margin 2.8% – 19.4%
Operating cash flow margin 3.8% – 19.8%
Return on equity 7.8% 3.2% 14.9%
Return on assets 2.8% 1.4% 8.1%
Return on invested capital 8.9% 3.5% 3.9%
Return on capital employed 9.7% 3.4% 4.6%
Asset turnover 2.2x 1.0x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.9x – 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBNEDEYEGME
Debt / assets 14.6% 12.0% 37.4%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.3x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 1.3x -1.8x
Debt / FCF 2.5x – 6.1x
Liabilities / assets 67.1% 54.8% 44.9%
Equity / assets 32.9% 45.2% 55.1%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.7x 0.6x 8.7x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.2x 7.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 7.4x
Altman Z-score 1.83 1.88 2.39

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBNEDEYEGME
Dividend yield 1.2% – –
Net buyback yield – – 0.0%
Shareholder yield 1.2% – 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBNEDEYEGME
Forward P/E 14.0xFY2026 14.4xFY2026 12.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.92FY2026 $1.07FY2026 $1.89FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +41.5%FY2026 +33.7%FY2026 +60.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1,038.0% +19.6% +3.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.85BFY2026 $1.92BFY2026 $3.99BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.0%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026 +9.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.2% +4.7% +13.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBNEDEYEGME
Held by institutions 77.2% 100.0% 35.5%
Institutions holding 111 234 377
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.3% +4.5% +2.7%
Institutions buying 63 128 175
Institutions selling 29 76 113
Buyers to sellers 2.17 1.68 1.55

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BNEDEYEGME
BNED 1.00 0.29 0.08
EYE 0.29 1.00 0.16
GME 0.08 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BNED, EYE and GME?

GameStop (GME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) $435.96M, National Vision Holdings (EYE) $1.31B, GameStop (GME) $10.77B.

Which stock is cheaper, BNED, EYE and GME?

GameStop (GME) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) 19.6x, National Vision Holdings (EYE) 47.2x, GameStop (GME) 12.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, GameStop (GME) is cheapest (Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) 14.0x, National Vision Holdings (EYE) 14.4x, GameStop (GME) 12.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) +5.0%, National Vision Holdings (EYE) +4.8%, GameStop (GME) -7.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

GameStop (GME) has the highest net margin (Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) 1.3%, National Vision Holdings (EYE) 1.4%, GameStop (GME) 25.2%). On return on invested capital, Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) leads (Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) 8.9%, National Vision Holdings (EYE) 3.5%, GameStop (GME) 3.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) returned the most: Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) +39.5%, National Vision Holdings (EYE) -42.1%, GameStop (GME) +0.1%. Over five years, GameStop (GME) compounded fastest (Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) -58.4%/yr, National Vision Holdings (EYE) -24.2%/yr, GameStop (GME) -12.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, GameStop (GME) has been the steadiest (Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) 63.2%, National Vision Holdings (EYE) 52.2%, GameStop (GME) 39.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BNED, EYE and GME?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, GameStop (GME) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.