Barnes & Noble Education BNED
NYSE BNED
$13.44 +0.54 (+4.15%)
As of: Oct 20, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Updated

Barnes & Noble Education's (BNED) Debt Ratio came in at 0.22 for fiscal Q4 2024 (quarter ended Apr 27, 2024), up 16.2% from 0.19 a year earlier and up 11.9% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Barnes & Noble Education (BNED) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Since fiscal Q1 2017, Barnes & Noble Education has reported Debt Ratio for 24 quarters.

  • In prior fiscal years, Barnes & Noble Education's Debt Ratio was 0.19 in FY2023 (-11.8%), 0.21 in FY2022 (+22.3%), 0.17 in FY2021 (+14.0%) and 0.15 in FY2020 (+7.1%).
  • The fiscal Q4 2024 figure stands as the highest quarterly Debt Ratio in data going back to fiscal Q1 2017.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Debt Ratio in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2021, with growth of 153.6%; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2023, with a decline of 80.0%.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Amazon Com 2,826.22 Bn 2,342.91 Bn 104.83 Bn 0.12
2 Home Depot 312.87 Bn 306.11 Bn 16.12 Bn 0.48
3 Tjx Companies 162.20 Bn 139.75 Bn 5.07 Bn 0.08
4 Lowes Companies 110.98 Bn 103.94 Bn 8.58 Bn 0.67
5 Ross Stores 75.30 Bn 58.23 Bn 2.12 Bn 0.06
6 O Reilly Automotive 74.25 Bn 73.33 Bn 2.52 Bn 0.40
7 Target 70.03 Bn 64.62 Bn 8.94 Bn 0.25
8 Autozone 52.03 Bn 50.93 Bn 2.52 Bn 0.43
9 Carvana 43.27 Bn 33.76 Bn 1.38 Bn 0.36
10 Barnes & Noble Education 463.24 Mn 425.16 Mn 57.05 Mn 0.15
Historic Data

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Aug 1, 2026 0.15
May 2, 2026 0.10
Jan 31, 2026 0.12
Nov 1, 2025 0.12
Aug 2, 2025 0.07
May 3, 2025 0.13
Jan 25, 2025 0.13
Oct 26, 2024 0.17
Jul 27, 2024 0.23
Apr 27, 2024 0.22
Jan 27, 2024 0.22
Oct 28, 2023 0.21
Jul 29, 2023 0.27
Apr 29, 2023 0.19
Jan 28, 2023 0.22
Oct 29, 2022 0.20
Jul 30, 2022 0.21
Apr 30, 2022 0.21
Jan 29, 2022 0.16
Oct 30, 2021 0.15
API Access

Barnes & Noble Education Debt Ratio API

Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.

https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=debt-ratio&ticker=BNED&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY